XYZ Racing Drag Racing Coilovers — Lexus IS 250/350 (XE20) 2005-2012

Lexus built the XE20 IS for refinement, not for leaving a start line hard. Soft factory springs, long-travel comfort damping and a nose-heavy front end mean the standard car squats lazily and lets the rear axle unload exactly when you need bite. The XYZ Racing Drag Racing coilover for the Lexus IS 250/350 (XE20) is set up to fix that, with one priority: getting the rear-driven tyres planted for a clean 0-400 metre run.

This is not a fast-road compromise kit. It is built around the physics of the launch – controlling how weight shifts off the front and onto the driven rear wheels the instant the car loads up, so the contact patch does the work instead of the tyre smoke.

What this coilover does for your 2005-2012 Lexus IS 250/350 (XE20)

On a rear-drive XE20, traction off the line is everything, and that comes down to how quickly and how firmly load transfers rearward. The Drag Racing damping is tuned to let the front rise and the rear compress hard at launch, forcing more vertical load into the rear tyres and cutting the moment of spin before the IS hooks up. Ride height is adjustable, so you can set rake to favour rear squat and corner-weight the car for a balanced launch on either the 2.5-litre IS 250 or the 3.5-litre IS 350. Once you are moving, the firmer platform settles the body and holds the car straight and stable through the top end of the run, where a soft OEM setup would wallow.

About the Drag Racing coilover

This series is engineered specifically for 0-400 drag work and is offered to suit front-wheel-drive, rear-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive cars – on the rear-drive IS, the tuning is aimed at the rear axle. The core idea is managing dynamic weight distribution during the launch: the setting lets the chassis shift load front-to-rear in an instant so the driven tyres see greater compression and a larger, harder-loaded contact patch. That reduces the dead time spent spinning before the car finds grip, and it keeps the platform composed and predictable as speed climbs. Height-adjustable spring perches let you trim ride height and rake to suit your tyre, surface and launch style. It is a focused tool, sharpened for the strip rather than asked to do everything.

Fitment for the Lexus IS 250/350 (XE20) (2005-2012)

This kit is built for the second-generation Lexus IS on the XE20 chassis, covering the 2005 to 2012 model years. It suits both the IS 250 and IS 350 variants of the rear-drive saloon. Confirm your exact chassis code and build year against the configurator before ordering.

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Set your ride height, rake and spec for your IS 250 or IS 350 and configure yours below.