XYZ Racing Pro Racing Drift Spec Coilovers — Subaru XV GP 4WD 2012-2017

The XV GP’s raised crossover ride height and symmetrical all-wheel-drive layout put it about as far from a natural drift platform as Subaru’s showroom gets, which is exactly why a dedicated Pro Racing Drift Spec kit matters here. A rear-drive drift car only has to manage yaw at the back axle; the GP’s AWD system is sending torque to all four corners through the turn, so the coilover has to drop the car properly and still hold its composure as the angle builds.

XYZ Racing built this kit specifically for drift work, with internals tuned to stabilise the body through fast, high-angle direction changes so the car settles into a controlled slide rather than snapping into oversteer. On a platform that starts life closer to a soft-road crossover than a track tool, that stability under lateral load is what turns the XV GP 4WD into something you can actually hold sideways with confidence.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2017 Subaru XV GP 4WD

Drop the ride height on the GP correctly and the crossover’s naturally high centre of gravity stops fighting you mid-slide – the damping is calibrated around that lowered, bump-stroke-adjusted setup rather than a stock-height compromise. The kit’s three adjustment knobs let you retune compression and rebound as track surface and tyre grip change through a session, which matters more on an AWD car than a two-wheel-drive one, because all four corners are loading and unloading together as power shuffles front to rear mid-slide. Stiffer, more controlled damping through the initial turn-in also cuts the body roll that would otherwise delay the moment the XV GP breaks traction and starts to rotate, so the angle you ask for is the angle you get. With a boxer engine sitting low in the bay, a properly sorted coilover setup finally lets that low mass centre do some work instead of being masked by soft, crossover-tuned factory springs.

About the Pro Racing Drift Spec coilover

This is a coilover built around one job: holding an accurate, repeatable drift angle at speed. XYZ Racing designed the internals to stabilise the car’s body through fast turn-in so the chassis holds its line and angle rather than wandering, which is the difference between a controlled slide and a snap into oversteer. Getting the ride height down with the correct bump stroke is central to that control, and it’s the adjustment worth getting right before touching damping settings. The kit runs three adjustment knobs feeding oil through a deliberately small internal passage – a design choice that can produce a faint noise over rough sections, which is a normal by-product of the valving rather than a fault. XYZ Racing built this spec for circuit and track use specifically, where surfaces are smooth and consistent enough that the bump noise is a non-issue in practice.

Fitment for the Subaru XV GP 4WD (2012-2017)

This kit is specced for the Subaru XV GP chassis, sold in the UK as the AWD crossover built between 2012 and 2017. It’s matched to the GP 4WD driveline, so confirm your XV is the four-wheel-drive GP-generation car, chassis code SU20, before ordering, rather than the newer GT-generation model.

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Get the ride height, spring rate and damping right for your XV GP 4WD before you start chasing angle – configure your Pro Racing Drift Spec kit below.