XYZ Racing Drift Spec Coilovers — Infiniti Q45 (G50) Front top mount: 116mm / Front lower mount: φ20 1989-1997

The G50 Q45 carries close to 1,800kg over a wheelbase pushing three metres, and that mass doesn’t just sit there when you throw the car sideways – it keeps moving after your hands and feet have already committed to the next correction. XYZ Racing’s Drift Spec coilover for this chassis is built around that specific problem: controlling a big, heavy RWD saloon through sustained angle rather than a single transient slide.

Where a track-focused kit is tuned to resist body roll on turn-in, this Drift Spec set-up is tuned to keep the Q45’s body settled and predictable once it’s already committed to an angle, so the VH45DE’s torque doesn’t outrun your ability to catch it. It’s the difference between a car that snaps unpredictably mid-drift and one that lets you hold a line while you sort out the next transition.

What this coilover brings to your 1989-1997 Infiniti Q45

Dropping the ride height on the G50 with the correct bump stroke changes how the whole car loads during a slide – you get a lower centre of gravity and less weight transfer diagonally across the chassis, which means less of that pendulum-like body movement that a stock Q45 suspension allows once you’re past the limit of grip. That translates directly into more consistent steering feel through opposite lock, because the front end isn’t porpoising as load shifts from corner to corner. On a car this heavy, controlling body movement is most of the drift battle, and a lowered, properly sprung G50 holds its attitude through a slide rather than fighting you for it. The front-specific mounting for this fitment (116mm top mount, φ20 lower mount) keeps the geometry correct for the Q45’s front subframe, so the stance change doesn’t cost you the steering angle you need to catch a big slide.

About the Drift Spec coilover

XYZ Racing built the Drift Spec range specifically for competitive drifting, not for circuit lap times, and the tuning philosophy reflects that split. The valving is set to stabilise the car’s body through sustained high-speed cornering, so the chassis holds a consistent attitude through a slide instead of pitching and rolling as the driver works the throttle and countersteer. That stability is what lets a driver find and hold a clean angle rather than constantly correcting for chassis movement underneath them. Ride height is adjustable with a bump stroke calculated for drift use rather than street comfort, so lowering the Q45 doesn’t come at the cost of the suspension travel a big saloon needs when it’s loaded up mid-slide. The result is a kit built around one job: making a heavy car behave predictably when it’s being driven well past the point most owners ever ask of it.

Fitment for the Infiniti Q45 (G50) Front top mount: 116mm / Front lower mount: φ20 (1989-1997)

This kit is specified for the front axle of the G50-chassis Infiniti Q45, model years 1989 to 1997, using a 116mm front top mount and a φ20 front lower mount as fitted to this generation. Confirm your car’s front mount dimensions against these figures before ordering, particularly if the vehicle has had prior suspension work.

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Spec this Drift Spec kit to your G50’s front end and configure yours below.