XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Honda TL UA8-UA9 2009-2014

The fourth-gen Acura TL sold here as the Honda TL UA8/UA9 is a heavy, front-driven (and on the SH-AWD cars, four-driven) executive saloon riding on a softly sprung MacPherson-strut front and multi-link rear that was tuned in Ohio for American freeways, not B-roads. Owners running these in the UK quickly find the same two limits: front-end float over crested A-roads and a back axle that goes light long before the chassis itself runs out of grip. The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover is built for exactly that brief – a fast-road set with 36-way damping and full ride-height adjustment, capable of weekend track use without becoming a chore on the school run.

This is the right pick if you want a UA8 or UA9 that finally feels like the 280bhp J-series engine deserves: tied down, level under braking, and predictable when you load the outside front into a roundabout exit.

What this coilover does for your 2009-2014 Honda TL UA8-UA9

The 36-way damping range is the headline feature, and on a car this heavy it matters more than on a lighter platform. At the soft end of the click range the Super Sport soaks up the broken Tarmac these cars wallow over on the factory dampers; wind it up towards the firmer settings and the nose stops diving under heavy braking from motorway speeds – a real-world issue on a 1,750kg saloon with the J35 sat ahead of the front axle line. Ride-height adjustment lets you pull the visible arch gap out of the standard car without resorting to lowering springs that leave the dampers working outside their travel. For UA9 SH-AWD owners, getting the rear ride height matched to the front also helps keep the rear differential’s torque vectoring working inside its designed geometry window rather than fighting a nose-down attitude.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport sits in XYZ Racing’s road-biased tier and is designed to remove the harshness that normally comes with going to a coilover on a comfort-tuned chassis. Construction is a height-adjustable damper body with a 36-step damping adjuster on each unit, meaning compression and rebound move together on a single knob rather than independently – the trade-off XYZ make to keep the setup simple for a road user who is not corner-weighting between sessions. The vendor specifies the damper is built to absorb bumps and rough surfaces while still allowing the chassis to be set up for circuit work, which is a fair description of what the hardware does on the road. It is suitable for both weekend race and daily use, and the spring and damping pairing is matched at the factory to the UA8/UA9 platform weight rather than being a generic fitment.

Fitment for the Honda TL UA8-UA9 (2009-2014)

This kit is built for the fourth-generation Honda/Acura TL on chassis codes UA8 and UA9, covering the 2009 to 2014 model years. UA8 designates the front-wheel-drive cars and UA9 the SH-AWD variant; both share the front strut geometry this damper is dimensioned around. Confirm your chassis code from the VIN plate before ordering.

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