XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Ford i-MAX 2005-2010

The Ford i-MAX is an unusual candidate for a coilover conversion – a tall, MPV-bodied five-seater built on Fiesta-derived underpinnings, with a high roofline and a centre of gravity that punishes the soft factory damping the moment you carry pace into a roundabout. The Top Sport kit is the answer for owners who actually want to drive this thing rather than just shuttle it around: a circuit-leaning coilover that pulls the body down, ties the chassis to the road, and stops the i-MAX leaning on its outside tyres mid-corner.

For a 2005-2010 i-MAX seeing occasional track day use alongside the daily school run, Top Sport sits in the right place on the XYZ Racing ladder. The damping and spring rates are taken straight from XYZ’s Top Sport race programme, then tempered enough that the kit stays liveable on a B-road and a motorway.

What this coilover does for your 2005-2010 Ford i-MAX

Drop the i-MAX onto Top Sport coilovers and the first thing you notice is the roll moment shrinking. Spring rates run roughly 2kg/mm higher than a street setting, with damping turned up 30 to 50 percent over what XYZ specs for their fast-road kits – enough to flatten the body during direction changes that previously had the tall MPV shell tipping onto its outside corner. Over patched UK tarmac and expansion joints, the damping is tuned to absorb the hit rather than skip the tyre off the surface, so traction holds where a stiffer rally setup would chatter. Ride height comes down on a tidy stance, brake dive is reined in, and turn-in becomes something you can actually trust at the front axle. On a track day the i-MAX will hold a line through a long right-hander instead of running wide on the outside front tyre.

About the Top Sport coilover

Top Sport is XYZ Racing’s circuit-and-street crossover – the kit they hand to owners who want a track-capable car they can still drive home. Spring rates and damping are derived from XYZ’s own Top Sport race experience and lifted roughly 2kg/mm and 30-50 percent above the street-focused kits in the range. The brief is to absorb impacts across uneven pavement and big bumps without losing body control, suppress chassis movement after the hit, and keep the tyre planted for traction. XYZ position the kit specifically at track day use and aggressive driving rather than pure motorway commuting, so expect a firmer ride than OE in exchange for a chassis that actually responds when you load it up. The setup philosophy is suppression first, then composure – the i-MAX feels tied down rather than skating.

Fitment for the Ford i-MAX (2005-2010)

This kit is built for the Ford i-MAX, chassis code FO09, covering the 2005 to 2010 production window. Confirm your registration date falls inside that span before ordering, and check the spec selector below for any drivetrain-specific options.

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Pick your i-MAX spec below and configure the kit to your driving brief.