XYZ Racing Gravel Rally Coilovers — Toyota FT86 / GT86 2012-2021

The GT86’s factory damping was tuned for tarmac balance, not for a stage strewn with ruts, crests and loose sandstone. The XYZ Racing Gravel Rally coilover for the Toyota FT86 / GT86 rebuilds the car for exactly that surface: long-stroke dampers and long springs that keep the FA20 boxer’s weight planted when the road turns to gravel under load.

This is not a fast-road kit pressed into rally duty. It is built around an inverted-tube design developed specifically for the worst surfaces a rally car meets – silt, snow and broken gravel – where wheel travel and damper survival matter more than ride height or stance.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2021 Toyota FT86 / GT86

On a lightweight rear-drive chassis like the GT86, the difference shows the moment you commit to a rough corner. The long spring and extended stroke let the suspension soak up high-speed bounce instead of pattering across it, so the rear axle keeps hooking up where a stiffer tarmac setup would skip and step the tail out. Under heavy cornering load the dampers carry sustained lateral G without fading, which on gravel means a car you can lean on through a fast sweeper rather than one that goes light over every compression. The inverted-tube layout places the stronger, larger-diameter section uppermost, shrugging off the stone strikes and grit ingress that kill conventional gravel dampers.

About the Gravel Rally coilover

The Gravel Rally coilover is XYZ Racing’s dedicated loose-surface damper, engineered for rally and rallycross rather than circuit or fast-road use. The brief behind it is blunt: of all motorsport disciplines, rallycross subjects the shock absorber to the most punishing road conditions, which makes the damper the single most important component on the car. To cope, the kit uses an inverted-tube construction designed to work across wildly different surfaces – sandstone, snow and silt among them. The long stroke and long spring are there to absorb chassis vibration, attack high-speed bouncy sections at pace, and carry extreme G-force loads through corners. Every spring rate in the kit has been validated by XYZ Racing’s own rally team, not extrapolated from a road-car catalogue. It is a specialist tool, and the spec sheet reflects a single-minded focus on keeping the wheel in contact with an unpredictable surface.

Fitment for the Toyota FT86 / GT86 (2012-2021)

This kit is cut for the Toyota FT86 / GT86 across the full 2012 to 2021 production run. It follows the car’s standard front strut and rear damper mounting, so it suits the GT86 chassis as built without further modification. Confirm your exact year against the configurator before ordering.

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If your GT86 is heading off the tarmac and onto the stages, this is the suspension built for the job. Pick your spring and ride-height spec in the configurator below.