XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — BMW 5 SERIES E34 6 CYL φ55 welding 1987-1995

The E34 5 Series carries its straight-six well forward of the front axle, and on the standard dampers that mass loads up early into a corner, pushing the nose wide before the front tyres can settle. The Street Advanced coilover kit puts adjustable damping directly at the strut, giving the 6-cylinder E34 a way to firm up that front end for a B-road or the odd track day without turning the ride brittle on the M62 home.

This is XYZ Racing’s Street Advanced line, built for exactly this brief: enthusiast street driving with the option to stiffen things up when the road allows. On a chassis like the E34, where the factory suspension was tuned for motorway comfort rather than direction changes, that adjustability matters more than a fixed, race-only spring rate would.

What this coilover does for your 1987-1995 Bmw 5 Series

Fitted to a 1987-1995 6-cylinder E34, this kit lowers the centre of gravity and gives you 720 increments of damping adjustment to work with, so the front and rear can be tuned independently as the car settles into use. Commuting miles call for a softer setting that keeps the ride compliant over Britain’s patchwork surfaces; a spirited weekend drive or track session lets you wind the damping up and control the body roll that the six-cylinder’s weight otherwise builds through fast direction changes. Because the kit is height-adjustable, you can also correct the nose-down stance that ages on these cars as the factory springs sag, restoring a level ride height without resorting to spacers. The φ55 welding-type construction is designed to mount into the E34’s factory strut towers, so the adjustability doesn’t come at the cost of a compromised installation.

About the Street Advanced coilover

XYZ Racing developed the Street Advanced range over several years, refining it through use in professional racing before bringing the same damping hardware down to a road-biased application. It’s built to sit between a comfort-only setup and a full race coilover, aimed squarely at drivers who want a car that’s still liveable daily but sharper when the road opens up. The headline spec is 720-way damping adjustment, giving a genuinely wide window between soft and firm rather than the handful of clicks you get on entry-level adjustable dampers. XYZ position it as their most popular and functional product for a reason: it’s the kit most owners reach for when they want real control over how the car behaves, without needing to commit to a stripped-out track-only setup. For anyone chasing more precision from an ageing E34 chassis, it’s built to be the core piece of equipment rather than an optional extra.

Fitment for the Bmw 5 Series (1987-1995)

This kit is built for the 6-cylinder Bmw 5 Series E34, chassis code BM12, covering the 1987 to 1995 production run. It uses φ55 welding-type strut construction for installation into the factory strut towers on this chassis.

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