XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Ford TELSTAR 1988-1992

The GD-platform Ford Telstar is a chassis most UK buyers wrote off decades ago, which is exactly why the ones still on the road in 2026 deserve suspension that matches the effort their owners are putting in. The Super Sport coilover gives the FO19 Telstar a height-adjustable, 36-way damped setup that finally pulls the front end out of the saggy, body-rolling default the car wore from the factory.

This is the Super Sport variant – XYZ Racing’s fast-road and weekend-track spec – which means it’s tuned to live on broken British B-roads during the week and tighten up for a Cadwell or Mallory afternoon at the weekend. For a late-80s saloon with soft factory bushings and a tall ride height, the change in composure is the whole point.

What this coilover does for your 1988-1992 Ford Telstar

Ride height comes down and, more importantly, becomes adjustable corner-by-corner, so a Telstar that has settled unevenly over thirty-plus years can finally sit square again. The 36-way damping adjuster lets you wind out the float that the original dampers can no longer control, and then back the rebound off enough that the car still copes with mid-corner bumps instead of skipping wide. For a front-heavy saloon of this era, that translates into a front end that actually points where you steer it, and a rear that stops pogoing on motorway expansion joints. On track days the same kit firms up under load without going harsh on the cold-tyre lap, which is the balance the Super Sport spec is built around.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s dual-purpose damper, engineered to absorb the discomfort of rough surfaces while still giving the driver real control over ride height and damping behaviour. The 36-way adjustment is a single knob per damper that moves rebound and compression together, which keeps setup decisions simple for an owner who wants to tune by feel rather than chase a dyno graph. Height adjustment is independent of spring preload, so corner-weighting a Telstar is genuinely possible instead of being a guessing game. XYZ Racing’s brief for this damper is explicit – suitable for both weekend race work and daily driving – and the construction reflects that, with the valving biased toward soaking up real-world road inputs rather than only working when the surface is glass-smooth. It’s the right pick for a fast-road Telstar that occasionally sees a circuit, rather than a dedicated race-only kit.

Fitment for the Ford Telstar (1988-1992)

This kit is built for the FO19-generation Ford Telstar covering model years 1988 through 1992. Chassis code, model years and platform are confirmed against the XYZ Racing application list before despatch, so the kit you configure is the kit that bolts to your car.

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