XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Subaru FORESTER SJ 4WD 2012-2018

The Forester SJ’s raised crossover stance and softer factory damping were built around comfort and visibility, not body control, so the SJ rolls and pitches more than the Impreza platform underneath it would otherwise allow. XYZ Racing’s Street Advanced coilover kit drops that ride height and adds real damping control without turning the car into something you dread on a motorway trip.

Street Advanced sits in the range as the road-focused, comfort-adjustable option – the kit for owners who want sharper turn-in and less lean through roundabouts on a Monday commute, then a firmer setting for a track day without swapping hardware. On a symmetrical AWD platform like the Forester SJ, that adjustability matters: you’re tuning how the car transfers load between axles under power, not just how it rides over speed bumps.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2018 Subaru FORESTER SJ 4WD

Lower the SJ on this kit and the immediate change is roll control – body lean through fast direction changes drops noticeably, which matters on a chassis that sits taller than most hot hatches it gets compared to on forums. The 720-way damping adjustment lets you soften the front for broken B-roads and firm up the rear when you’re loading the boot for a weekend away, rather than living with one compromise setting. Ride height adjustment brings the centre of gravity down, which sharpens turn-in response and reduces the nose-dive under braking that the factory Forester SJ suspension allows. Because the AWD system is constantly shuffling torque front to rear, tighter damping control also means more predictable traction out of tight corners instead of the softer, vaguer response the standard setup gives you.

About the Street Advanced coilover

Street Advanced is XYZ Racing’s core product – the kit the brand has refined longest and sells in the highest volume, developed by its in-house engineering team and shaped by feedback from race programmes run under the XYZ name at circuits worldwide. It’s built as a dual-purpose kit: capable enough for a track day, compliant enough that it doesn’t punish you on the drive home. The defining feature is 720 increments of damping adjustment, giving a genuinely fine window between plush and firm rather than the handful of clicks cheaper kits offer. Construction follows XYZ’s standard coilover format, with ride height independently adjustable from damping so you can set stance and control separately. It’s aimed at drivers who want their Forester to respond properly to inputs without asking it to become a full track car, and XYZ positions it as the kit for anyone serious about how their car handles, not just how it looks.

Fitment for the Subaru FORESTER SJ 4WD (2012-2018)

This kit is built specifically for the Subaru Forester SJ, chassis code SU03-1, in 4WD configuration across the 2012-2018 production run. Confirm your Forester matches this chassis code and body generation before ordering, as the SJ was replaced by the SK generation from 2018 onward with different suspension mounting points.

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Spec your Street Advanced kit for the Forester SJ using the configurator below and build yours to match how you actually drive it.