XYZ Racing Pro Rally Coilovers — Toyota CELICA ST205 GT4 4WD (Fr Welding) 1993-1999

The ST205 GT4’s four-wheel-drive platform was built for the WRC gravel stages of the mid-1990s, and this Pro Rally coilover kit is the professional, welded-chassis version of that homologation car’s suspension – not a bolt-on retrofit. Where the amateur-spec rally coilover mounts to the standard Celica strut towers, this Fr Welding variant requires the front end to be modified before installation, matching the way serious privateer GT4s were actually prepared for competition.

For a car whose factory turbo four and centre-diff layout put real load through the front subframe on loose surfaces, that distinction matters. This is the spec for a Celica ST205 GT4 that’s being built to compete on gravel and snow, not one being lowered for the car park.

What this coilover does for your 1993-1999 Toyota CELICA ST205 GT4 4WD (Fr Welding)

Fitted correctly, a Pro Rally coilover gives the ST205 the ride height and wheel travel stage driving actually needs – enough clearance to clear ruts and crests on a forest or gravel stage without the front end grounding out, and spring rates suited to the repeated compression and rebound cycles of a rally leg rather than a single track lap. The welded front mounting on this Fr Welding kit ties the strut assembly into a reinforced point on the chassis, which keeps geometry consistent when the GT4’s all-wheel-drive system is putting power down over broken surfaces instead of flexing the standard strut tower under load. On a Celica that’s already carrying a turbocharged four and a centre differential, a stiffer, better-located mounting point is what stops the front axle wandering under hard braking into a hairpin. It’s the difference between a coilover that survives one event and one that holds its settings across a full rally season.

About the Pro Rally coilover

XYZ Racing builds its rally-spec suspension around two distinct approaches. There’s an amateur-type kit that bolts straight onto the original chassis mounting points, and there’s this professional-type kit, built for cars whose bodywork has already been modified to take a reinforced strut mount – hence the "Fr Welding" designation on this listing. That extra fabrication step at the front end is what separates a suspension set-up built for gravel and snow stages from a road-going upgrade: the professional-type mount is stiffer and better located than the factory point, so it can take the repeated, high-frequency loading a rally car sees on loose surfaces without the geometry shifting from stage to stage. For the ST205 GT4, that means the kit is matched to how top-flight rally-prepared Celicas were actually built, not a generic lowering kit dressed up in rally branding. Choose this variant only if the front chassis has been or will be welded to accept it – the amateur-type kit is the one to pick if you want to keep the standard mounting points.

Fitment for the Toyota CELICA ST205 GT4 4WD (Fr Welding) (1993-1999)

This kit is built for the Toyota Celica ST205 GT4 4WD, chassis code TO22, across the full 1993 to 1999 production run. It’s the Fr Welding (professional-type) variant specifically, so confirm the front end has been or will be modified to accept the reinforced mount before ordering – the standard-chassis amateur-type kit is a separate listing.

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This is the professional, welded-mount edition of the Pro Rally kit for the Celica ST205 GT4 – pick your spec below before the front-end fabrication stage begins.