XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Ford S-MAX 2009-2014

The S-MAX FO21’s height and mass are the whole problem here. This is a 1.7-tonne MPV on Ford’s EUCD platform, carrying its weight high, and the soft factory springs let that mass lean hard the moment you commit to a corner. The XYZ Racing Street Advanced coilover for the Ford S-MAX (2009-2014) exists to bring that roll under control without turning the school run into a chore.

Street Advanced sits exactly where it should for a car like this – an enthusiast street setup with adjustable comfort, so you can firm up the body control for a B-road blast and back it off for a motorway haul with all three rows occupied. With 720 damping settings to choose from, it respects the S-MAX’s dual life as family transport and the driver’s MPV Ford always claimed it was.

What this coilover does for your 2009-2014 Ford S-MAX

On a body this tall, the first thing you feel is flatter cornering. The Street Advanced’s ride-height adjustment lets you drop the centre of gravity, and lowering a vehicle this big pays back far more than the same drop would on a hatchback. The 720-way damping range means you can run a softer setting that soaks up broken Tarmac with a full load, then wind in more control when the car is light. Turn-in sharpens because the front stops wallowing onto its outer tyre, and the nose-heavy front-drive layout feels less reluctant to change direction. Hard braking stays composed too, with less dive pitching weight onto the front axle.

About the Street Advanced coilover

The Street Advanced is XYZ Racing’s most popular line, refined over years by the company’s own engineering team and shaken down in international competition before it reached production. It is built deliberately for the overlap between normal road use and the occasional track day, rather than tuned for one extreme. The headline figure is 720 increments of damping adjustment, giving a single combined bump-and-rebound knob a genuinely wide spread between plush and tied-down. Height is set separately from spring preload, so you can lower the S-MAX to taste without crashing through the available damper stroke. For owners who want proper coilover body control but still use the car for what it was designed to do – carry people and luggage – it is the sensible choice in the range.

Fitment for the Ford S-MAX (2009-2014)

This kit is matched to the FO21-chassis Ford S-MAX produced across the 2009 to 2014 model years, covering the first-generation MPV through its mid-life facelift. Check your build year against the 2009-2014 span before ordering. Only the facts listed here apply to fitment.

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