XYZ Racing Drift Spec Coilovers — Jaguar XJ (X351) 6 CYL (Fr FORK) (OE FOR REAR AIR STRUT) 2010-2019

The X351 Jaguar XJ carries close to two tonnes over a 3,032mm wheelbase, and its factory air struts prioritise motorway comfort over the kind of transient weight transfer competitive drifting demands. XYZ Racing’s Drift Spec coilover replaces that air-sprung rear end with a fixed-rate, height-adjustable set-up built specifically to let a car this size break traction on command and hold an angle through it.

For 6-cylinder X351 saloons fitted with the OE rear air strut, this kit is the direct swap that removes the air system from the equation. Lowering the ride height and setting a proper bump stroke changes how the rear end loads under initiation, giving the driver a chassis that responds predictably instead of pitching on its factory bushings.

What this coilover does for your 2010-2019 Jaguar XJ

With the rear air struts removed from the equation, ride height stops drifting with load and tyre pressure and becomes a number you set once. That consistency matters most in the moment a big saloon transitions from entry to full opposite lock: the coilover’s damping controls how quickly the rear end loads, rather than letting the factory air bags absorb and delay that transfer. The front end uses XYZ’s Fork-type strut, which keeps the spring and damper in a single cartridge for a more direct connection between the road and the driver’s hands than the standard air-over-hydraulic front end. Together, the two ends let a big saloon rotate on entry and hold an angle through mid-corner instead of understeering into the exit, and they give you a height-adjustable platform to correct stance and corner weight without relying on factory ride-height sensors that no longer exist on the car.

About the Drift Spec coilover

XYZ Racing built the Drift Spec line around one job: keeping the body settled while the car is sideways at speed. The valving is set up to resist the roll and yaw that unsettle a car mid-drift, so the chassis holds its line rather than wandering as the driver corrects. Ride height is height-adjustable within the kit, and getting the bump stroke set correctly is central to how the range works – too little, and the rear end runs out of travel exactly when you need it under load; set correctly, it lets the car take a set and hold the angle the driver is asking for. On the X351 that means treating the coilover kit as a package with the front Fork-strut and the rear OE-air-strut replacement, rather than as isolated corners, since the saloon’s weight and wheelbase amplify anything left mismatched between the two ends.

Fitment for the Jaguar XJ (X351) (2010-2019)

This kit fits the Jaguar XJ (X351) 6-cylinder cars built from 2010 to 2019, specifically variants finished from the factory with the rear air strut – the coilover’s rear corner is the OE replacement for that system, so the front-side Fork strut and rear air-strut-replacement damper should be ordered as the matched set for this generation of XJ.

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Select the Drift Spec spec for your X351 below to configure the front Fork strut and rear air-strut-replacement coilover as a matched pair for this XJ.