XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Citroen SAXO 1996-2003

The Saxo left the factory soft, tall and rolling onto its outside front tyre, and its torsion-beam rear axle means that on a trailing throttle the little French hatch will happily rotate beneath you. That lift-off agility is exactly why grassroots racers and fast-road owners still love the car in 2026, but the standard dampers were never built to keep it composed once you start pushing. The XYZ Racing Street Advanced coilover for the Citroen SAXO (1996-2003) is the kit that takes that lively chassis and makes its behaviour something you choose rather than something the road decides.

This is the road-and-track-day end of the XYZ range: a fully height-adjustable coilover with 720 damping settings, so a sub-tonne car like the Saxo can be set genuinely supple for the commute and then firmed up for a circuit session without swapping parts. It is built for owners who want a sharper, lower car they can still drive every day.

What this coilover kit does for your 1996-2003 Citroen SAXO

Because the Saxo weighs so little – well under a tonne in VTR and VTS trim – it reacts hard to every change in spring rate and damping, and that is where the 720-way adjustment earns its keep. Wind the damping soft and the ride stays liveable over UK B-road ruts and speed bumps; firm it up and body roll collapses, so the front end bites on turn-in instead of leaning onto its door handles. Lowering the centre of gravity flattens the car through quick direction changes and calms the snappier side of that lift-off rotation, giving you a rear axle you can lean on rather than fight. The result is more front-end confidence under braking and a stance that finally matches the car’s reputation.

About the Street Advanced coilover

XYZ Racing positions the Street Advanced as its most popular kit, refined over several seasons by the company’s own engineers and shaken down in races around the world before reaching production. It is designed specifically for normal road use and the occasional track day, which is why the damping is so finely divisible: 720 individual settings let you separate everyday comfort from circuit control on the same hardware. Ride height adjusts independently on the threaded bodies, so you set corner height and damping to suit the car rather than accepting a single fixed compromise. For a light, eager chassis like the Saxo’s, that breadth of adjustment is the difference between a car that simply sits lower and one you can actually tune.

Fitment for the Citroen SAXO (1996-2003)

This kit is matched to the Saxo (chassis code CI04) across the full 1996-2003 production run, the platform Citroen shared with the Peugeot 106. Confirm your exact variant and strut arrangement at the configurator before ordering so the front and rear hardware lines up with your car.

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Set your ride height and pick your damping starting point for the Saxo – configure yours below.