XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Ford PROBE 1989-1992

The first-generation Ford Probe sits on a Mazda-derived front-drive platform that has aged into a curious sweet spot: light enough to feel lively, soft enough from the factory to roll and pitch over British B-roads in a way no enthusiast wants in 2026. The Street Advanced is the coilover written for exactly that car – the GT and LX owners running a 2.2 turbo or the 3.0 V6, keeping a 35-year-old coupe sharp without turning it into a track-only proposition.

For a Probe being used as a fast weekend car with the occasional trackday, this is the sensible pick from the XYZ Racing range. Ride height and damping come down to the driver, and the spring rates suit a chassis that responds well to being lowered and tied down rather than stiffened into harshness.

What this coilover does for your 1989-1992 Ford Probe

Drop the nose, kill the body roll, and the Probe stops understeering on turn-in the way a tired OE setup will. The Street Advanced’s 720-way damping range means you can run a softer compression setting for pockmarked UK A-roads and still wind the rebound up enough to stop the front end pitching under braking. Ride height adjustment lets you sit the car at a stance that suits 15 or 16-inch wheels without rolling the front arches into the tyres. Turn-in becomes crisper, the rear follows the front cleanly through mid-corner, and motorway composure improves rather than degrading – the kit is engineered for road use first, so high-speed damping stays settled instead of skittering.

About the Street Advanced coilover

The Street Advanced is the longest-running product in the XYZ Racing catalogue and the one their professional team has spent years developing for dual-purpose road and trackday work. 720 ways of damping adjustment – run through a single combined knob per damper – gives the driver fine control over compression and rebound without the complexity of separate twin-adjustable units. The kit is built around adjustable lower mounts so corner weights and ride height can be set independently of damper travel, which matters on a car with the Probe’s front-heavy weight distribution. Spring rates are matched to road and light-track use, so the chassis stays compliant over rough surfaces rather than pattering across them. It has been tested in international race series and is positioned as the workhorse of the XYZ range – the one most owners actually fit and live with.

Fitment for the Ford Probe (1989-1992)

This kit fits the first-generation Ford Probe under XYZ chassis reference FO16, covering the 1989 to 1992 model years. The fitment spans the GT, GL and LX variants of the original Probe body style on the Mazda GD platform. Confirm your build year sits inside the 1989-1992 window before ordering.

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Build yours below – pick spring rate, ride height and any optional extras in the configurator.