XYZ Racing Racing Spec Coilovers — Subaru WRX VB (Electronic Suspension) 2022-2026

The VB-generation WRX arrived on Subaru’s stiffer Global Platform with adaptive electronic dampers tuned firmly toward road comfort, and that factory calibration is exactly what runs out of depth on a circuit. The XYZ Racing Racing Spec coilover swaps that adaptive setup for a mechanically adjustable damper built for serious track and time-attack work, giving you control the GT trim never offered from the showroom floor.

This is the hard end of the XYZ range. The Racing Spec settings come straight out of competition development, so the brief is body control and consistency under sustained load rather than a compliant motorway ride. For a 271bhp FA24-powered WRX VB being driven in anger, that is the point.

What this coilover kit does for your 2022-2026 Subaru WRX VB (Electronic Suspension)

Drop the Racing Spec coilover under your 2022-2026 Subaru WRX VB and the first thing you feel is the body settling. The factory electronic suspension leans on soft initial damping to smother road imperfections, which leaves the nose diving under braking and the platform slow to take a set mid-corner. Firmer, race-derived valving holds the boxer’s front mass flatter into a corner, so turn-in is sharper and the symmetrical AWD can put power down earlier on exit. Ride-height adjustment lets you lower the centre of gravity and correct the VB’s tall standard stance, while damping that resists fade keeps the car predictable across a full track session rather than going vague as the oil heats. On a circuit-driven WRX, that translates to more confidence trail-braking into slow corners and far less guesswork about what the chassis will do next.

About the Racing Spec coilover

The Racing Spec sits at the top of XYZ Racing’s circuit hierarchy, and it is the only damper in the range developed through direct competition. XYZ has run the spec in series including the WTCC, and the baseline valving you receive is drawn from that on-track programme rather than a comfort-first road tune. Construction is geared toward sustained heat and load, the conditions that flatten a softer damper after a few hard laps. Where the build gets genuinely unusual is the custom route: for cars with aggressive upgrades, factory-style race vehicles or A-class competition machines, XYZ will build bespoke shock absorbers to order. You supply the detail on your modifications and the circuits you intend to run, and the dampers are valved around that specific use. For a heavily developed WRX VB, that means a coilover matched to your car rather than a generic part number.

Fitment for the Subaru WRX VB (Electronic Suspension) (2022-2026)

This kit is built for the VB-generation Subaru WRX, chassis code SU28, covering the 2022 to 2026 model years. It is specified for the electronic suspension trim, so it replaces the factory adaptive dampers with mechanically adjustable units. Confirm your model year and that your car runs the electronic suspension setup before configuring.

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Set your ride height, note any custom valving requirements, and build your Racing Spec setup for the WRX VB below.