XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Honda TL UA6-UA7 2004-2008

The fourth-generation Acura TL – sold here as the Honda TL UA6/UA7 – was always a curious thing for the UK enthusiast: a 3.2 V6 saloon with front-drive (UA6) or SH-AWD (UA7), tuned for American highway loping rather than a B-road in the Peak District. The factory dampers were specced for ride isolation, which means body roll arrives early, the nose runs wide on turn-in, and the front tyres do most of the thermal work long before you’ve reached the apex.

The XYZ Racing Top Sport coilover is the right answer for an owner who wants the TL to behave like a proper sports saloon on a Sunday morning and an occasional track day, without giving up the comfort that made the car liveable in the first place.

What this coilover does for your 2004-2008 Honda TL UA6-UA7

Spring rates lifted roughly 2kg/mm above street tune cut the TL’s nose-down attitude under braking and stop the rear squatting when the 3.2 V6 leans on the front (or all four) tyres out of a slow corner. Damping increased by 30 to 50 percent over the factory setting keeps the tyre loaded over mid-corner ripples instead of letting the wheel skip, which is where the standard car loses front-end grip first. Ride height adjustment lets you drop the visual gap without resorting to lowering springs that ruin geometry. With the Top Sport’s damping band, the car still copes with a poorly surfaced B-road – the kit is built to absorb a sharp bump rather than transmit every joint into the cabin.

About the Top Sport coilover

The Top Sport is the kit XYZ Racing positions for owners who want track-day capability without a fully circuit-biased setup. Spring rates are stepped up by around 2kg/mm against street tune, and damping force is raised 30 to 50 percent – enough to suppress body movement and increase tyre traction over uneven surfaces, but short of the harsh edge of a pure circuit coilover. The settings are drawn from XYZ Racing’s own Top Sport competition programme, then tuned back for road use. Construction supports adjustable ride height and damping, and the kit is built to take the impact of a properly broken UK road surface without unsettling the chassis. XYZ describes it as suitable for track day work and aggressive road driving – a fair summary of where the kit sits in the range.

Fitment for the Honda TL UA6-UA7 (2004-2008)

This kit fits the fourth-generation Honda TL on UA6 and UA7 chassis codes, model years 2004 through 2008. UA6 is the front-drive 3.2 V6; UA7 is the SH-AWD variant. Both share the strut/multi-link layout this kit is built around.

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