XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Ford LIATA 1994-1998

The Ford Liata is the kind of mid-90s Mazda-derived kei-adjacent hatch that survives in the UK only because a small group of owners refuse to let it die, and the factory suspension was never the point of the car in the first place. The FO11 chassis is light, narrow-tracked and softly sprung from the showroom – a fully adjustable coilover transforms what the car can do on a B-road without turning it into something undriveable on the Monday commute.

The XYZ Racing Street Advanced is the right pick for a Liata owner who wants real handling gains and ride-height control but still parks on UK driveways and crosses speed bumps every morning. It sits between a comfort lowering kit and a track-only setup, and on a chassis this light the damping range matters more than on a heavier car.

What this coilover does for your 1994-1998 Ford Liata

Drop the Liata onto a corrected ride height and the centre of gravity falls, body roll calms down, and the front end finally responds to steering inputs the way the short wheelbase always promised. The 720-way damping range means you can run the dampers soft enough that broken Tarmac doesn’t unsettle the car at motorway speeds, then firm them up for a weekend blast or a trackday. Spring rates and damping are matched to a kerb weight in the 800-900kg bracket, so the kit doesn’t overwhelm a light chassis the way a stiff motorsport spring would. Turn-in sharpens, mid-corner stability climbs, and the rear stops floating under load. Brake dive on the standard front struts disappears, which on a small, nose-led car like the Liata is the single biggest confidence change you will feel.

About the Street Advanced coilover

The Street Advanced is XYZ Racing’s most popular product line and the one their professional team has spent the longest developing – a kit that has been validated in international race programmes and then re-engineered for normal road use and the occasional trackday. It runs 720 distinct damping settings via a single adjuster, which gives genuinely useful resolution rather than a handful of vague clicks. Construction is built around repeated heat cycling and long service intervals, so it tolerates daily commuting in British weather as well as a hot summer trackday. The philosophy is straightforward: keep the comfort window wide, give the driver enough adjustment to find a setup that suits the car, the tyres and the road, and don’t force a compromise that only makes sense on a circuit. For a chassis as light and tossable as the Liata, that breadth of adjustment is exactly what the platform asks for.

Fitment for the Ford Liata (1994-1998)

This kit is built specifically for the FO11-chassis Ford Liata across the full 1994-1998 production span. Front and rear units are matched to the OE mounting points and stroke length of this platform, so the install is a direct swap with no fabrication.

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Build your spec for the Liata below – pick spring rate, ride height and damper preference, and configure yours below.