XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Ford FOCUS MK4 HATCHBACK (Rear Twist-beam Suspension) 2019-2026

The MK4 Focus hatchback that ships with a torsion-beam rear is the car Ford built to a price – the ST and Active variants get the proper independent multi-link setup, but the bulk of 1.0 EcoBoost and 1.5 EcoBlue cars sold from 2019 onwards run the simpler twist-beam at the back. That doesn’t mean it’s a lost cause. The rear axle is honest and predictable on a coilover; what it needs is consistent damping at both ends so the front isn’t constantly fighting a soft, lazy rear under load.

The XYZ Racing Super Sport is built for that exact brief – a fast-road MK4 Focus that sees the occasional Cadwell or Donington trackday, and still has to live with British B-road camber changes and speed-bump car parks on the way home.

What this coilover kit does for your 2019-2026 Ford Focus MK4 Hatchback

The 36-way damping adjustment is the bit that actually matters here. A twist-beam rear is sensitive to rebound control – too soft and the inside rear unloads early in a corner, too firm and the car skips over mid-corner bumps. Working through the click range, you can soften the rear for a wet B-road run on Monday and firm it up for trackday rear-end stability on Saturday without touching ride height. The ride-height collars let you drop the MK4 enough to close the arch gap – which on the standard Focus is generous – without slamming it onto the bump stops. Turn-in sharpens, body roll on motorway slip roads tightens up, and the chassis stops feeling like it’s catching up with your inputs on a quick direction change.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s fast-road-with-track-capability damper, sitting between the comfort-biased road coilovers and the dedicated circuit kits. 36-way adjustment runs from a genuinely usable daily setting through to a firm trackday tune, controlling both bump and rebound on a single dial per damper. Ride height adjusts at the lower spring perch so corner weights stay sensible and you keep usable damper travel rather than running the car on the bump stops. Construction is engineered to absorb the high-frequency hits that ruin lesser dampers on poor surfaces – the kind of broken tarmac that defines most of the UK’s interesting roads. The brief XYZ sets for this damper is explicit: it has to handle weekend race use and daily commuting from the same set of clicks.

Fitment for the Ford FOCUS MK4 HATCHBACK (Rr Twist-beam Suspension) (2019-2026)

This kit is specified for the MK4 Focus hatchback (chassis FO23) built between 2019 and 2026 with the rear twist-beam axle – that’s the standard EcoBoost and EcoBlue trim cars, not the ST or Active variants that run independent multi-link rear suspension. Confirm your rear axle type before ordering if you’re unsure.

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