John, I really appreciate you taking the time to comment! I've watched the majority of your videos and I think I've been influenced (in a great way) when it comes to my approach to the XK8. My goal here was to try and keep the car as close as possible to how it was originally assembled at the factory (re: clocking). And yes, not keen on applying twisting force to the spherical bushes in order to realign the assembly after the spring has been decompressed. Cheers!

Thank you, Keith, much appreciated!

Hi Steve, sticking to the original Jag parts is commendable! How long have you had them on your vehicle now? I hope they provide you with countless years of trouble-free enjoyment. I did clean and rejuvenate the bump stop, but was unable to remove the discolouration from the component. Not too worried about it because it is completely hidden inside the dust shield.

There was no "factory clocking" of spring tail William. Purely random placement.

@@baxtor52 Correct. I think we are trying to guild the lily here, or polish the turd...

Hi Steve, by "factory clocking" I refer to the way the spring was installed on my particular vehicle at the factory. I wanted to keep the same orientation. Some time ago John @ ToTheGarage channel asked his subscribers in one of his videos to check their cars about the position of the "tail of the spring" and people with original suspension confirmed that their cars were "clocked" with the tail pointing outwards towards the outside of the car. It was the same case for my vehicle as well. I don't know if that was intentional at the factory, and I do mention in my video that since the top and bottom seating surfaces are flat and parallel to each other, the "clocking" of the spring is a personal choice, same as the orientation of the top mount. Cheers!

Hi Gary, yes indeed, orienting the top mount and the spring in my preferred manner was a personal choice, essentially guided by the way those components were placed at the factory for my particular vehicle - I wanted to keep the same orientation. I hear you on being able to adjust the shock absorber after the fact, but I personally would be hesitant to apply such twisting force to the bushing at the bottom, after the spring is extended and exerting pressure against the mount at the top and the shock absorber at the bottom. I'd rather do it right at the time of assembly and avoid adjustments later. The bottom seating surface and the white plastic stop never came off the spring, they seemed pretty happily stuck there after disassembly and I didn't see a reason to remove them. Kept them in place and they moved together with the spring as one unit.

Nevertheless, it is not critical as you say in the intro.