XYZ Racing Racing Spec Coilovers — Honda TL UA4-UA5 1999-2003

The UA4 and UA5 Acura TL – sold here as a grey-import curiosity and prized by a small but committed UK following – was a front-drive saloon built around comfort, with a soft factory damper tune that turns to mush the moment you ask it to hold a kerb. The Racing Spec coilover exists to throw that compromise away. This is not a fast-road kit pretending to be a track kit; it is the damper XYZ Racing builds when the customer has told them which circuit the car will see.

Aimed squarely at serious track and time-attack use on the UA4 2.5-litre five and the UA5 3.2 V6, the Racing Spec is the firmest, most aggressive tune in the XYZ Racing range, with settings carried over from the company’s own WTCC programme.

What this coilover does for your 1999-2003 Honda TL UA4-UA5

On a saloon this nose-heavy – particularly the V6 UA5 with the J32 sitting ahead of the front axle – the OEM struts simply run out of damping force halfway through a long fast bend, letting the front tyre overheat and the chassis push wide. The Racing Spec replaces that with a circuit-derived damper curve that keeps the contact patch loaded under sustained cornering load. Spring rates are pitched for grip rather than ride comfort, so initial turn-in becomes sharper, mid-corner attitude becomes adjustable on the throttle, and the car stops squatting under power out of slow corners. Trail-braking into hairpins – the area where a soft front car wallows worst – is where the change is most obvious. Adjustment lets you balance the car for the specific tyre and circuit combination you turn up with.

About the Racing Spec coilover

Racing Spec is the XYZ Racing range-topper, developed specifically for race use and validated in series including the World Touring Car Championship. Settings are not extrapolated from a fast-road tune; they were obtained through direct competition. For owners running aggressive engine work, big aero, or factory-style racing builds, XYZ Racing will produce custom-spec shock absorbers built around the car’s actual modification list and the circuits it will run – the same approach used for A-class racing cars and works-style touring builds. Buyers supply a detailed upgrade list and a target venue, and the damper is built to suit. Out of the box the kit is configured for circuit work; the custom route is there when the build has outgrown a catalogue spec.

Fitment for the Honda TL UA4-UA5 (1999-2003)

This kit is built specifically for the second-generation Acura TL on the UA4 and UA5 chassis codes, covering the 1999 through 2003 production run. It suits both the four-cylinder UA4 and the V6-powered UA5 variants in the same body.

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If your UA4 or UA5 is heading for the circuit rather than a fast road, configure yours below and specify the build that matches your car.