XYZ Racing Gravel Rally Coilovers — Nissan SKYLINE R35 GTR 4WD 2007-2026

Loose surfaces punish the R35’s mass transfer in a way tarmac never will. At 1,740kg-plus with ATTESA E-TS 4WD sending drive to all four corners, the GT-R needs a damper that can absorb repeated high-speed compressions over rutted gravel without packing down, then recover fast enough for the next crest. The XYZ Racing Gravel Rally coilover is built specifically for that brief.

This is not a road or circuit spring rate dropped onto a longer body – it is a rally-specific inverted damper designed around the abuse gravel and rallycross stages actually deliver. For an R35 running special stages or gravel-based motorsport, that distinction matters more than any headline adjustment count.

What this coilover does for your 2007-2026 Nissan SKYLINE R35 GTR 4WD

Fitted to the GT-R, the long-stroke design gives the chassis somewhere to put the vertical energy that sandstone, washboard and silt throw at it, instead of transmitting every impact straight into the subframe and the ATTESA driveline. The inverted tube layout keeps the damper’s working parts better shielded from the debris a gravel stage kicks up, which matters on a car this heavy where a failed damper mid-stage is a stage-ending problem, not an inconvenience. The long spring works with that stroke length to control body movement as the GT-R’s weight shifts hard into compression on landings and through rutted braking zones, rather than topping or bottoming the strut. Because the spring rates were set against Rally Racing team data, the calibration reflects the G-forces this car actually generates cornering and landing on loose surfaces rather than a generic estimate carried over from tarmac use.

About the Gravel Rally coilover

XYZ Racing developed this damper specifically for rally and rallycross racing, where road surface is more aggressive than any other motorsport discipline the brand caters for – which puts the shock absorber itself at the centre of how the car survives a gravel stage. The inverted tube construction is built to cope with the full range of loose-surface conditions a rally car meets, from dry sandstone to snow-covered stages to fine silt, without the damper losing consistency as conditions change underfoot. Stroke length and spring length are both extended over road-going equivalents, giving the damper the travel to soak up chassis vibration from continuous rough-road input and to absorb sudden high-speed impacts from cresting and landing at speed. That extra travel is also what lets the unit bear the extreme cornering G-force a car generates when it’s thrown sideways into a gravel corner rather than rolled through a smooth apex. Every spring rate in the range was validated against a Rally Racing team’s own testing, so the setup reflects stage-proven data rather than a theoretical calculation.

Fitment for the Nissan SKYLINE R35 GTR 4WD (2007-2026)

Built for the R35-generation GT-R, chassis code NI47, covering the 4WD platform across the full 2007-2026 production span. ATTESA E-TS driveline and the model’s characteristic front-heavy weight distribution are accounted for in how the damper is specified for this chassis.

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Spec this GT-R for the stage it’s actually going to run – configure yours below.