XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Hyundai TIBURON 1996-2001

The first-generation Hyundai Tiburon arrived as a front-driver with sporting pretensions and a chassis that, three decades on, rewards anyone willing to sort the suspension properly. Tired McPherson struts up front and a softly-sprung rear leave the car wallowing through transitions, leaning hard on the outside front in mid-corner, and lifting an inside rear under throttle. The XYZ Racing Street Advanced coilover is the kit that turns a rapidly-ageing 1990s coupe back into something you actually want to drive on a B-road.

This is the road-and-occasional-track spec from the XYZ range – ride-height adjustable, damping adjustable, and built around a monotube damper that does not give up after a Sunday hill run. For a 1996-2001 Tiburon being kept on the road in 2026, it is the difference between MOT-pass compliance and a coupe that finally drives the way the brochure once promised.

What this coilover does for your 1996-2001 Hyundai Tiburon

Higher spring rates and a proper damper rebuild stop the nose diving under braking and pull the outside front back into line during turn-in, so the steering finally weights up the way a coupe’s should. With 720 ways of damping adjustment on each corner, you can soften the kit off for the daily commute and firm everything up for a trackday in the same afternoon – without touching a spanner. Lowering the car 25-50mm on adjustable perches cleans up the wheel-arch gap that has bothered Tiburon owners since 1996, lowers the centre of gravity, and reduces the body roll that the standard struts let run unchecked. Brake feel sharpens too, because the dampers actually control weight transfer instead of bouncing through it. The result is a Tiburon that turns in cleanly, holds a chosen line, and rides far more composed than its 1990s underpinnings have any right to.

About the Street Advanced coilover

The Street Advanced sits at the heart of the XYZ Racing road-going range and is the spec the XYZ team have spent years refining as their most popular kit. After development testing across international race programmes, the same damper architecture has been re-valved and re-sprung for normal road use and occasional circuit work – not the other way round. Each damper offers 720 distinct damping adjustment combinations through a single top-mounted knob, giving genuine compression and rebound control rather than a token soft-firm switch. Ride height is independent of preload, so you can drop the car without coil-binding the spring or losing damper stroke. The monotube construction handles repeat heat cycles that twin-tube budget kits cannot, which matters on a chassis as light as the Tiburon where damper work-rate is high. It is the spec XYZ position for drivers who want speed and control without giving up daily driveability.

Fitment for the Hyundai Tiburon (1996-2001)

Direct bolt-on fitment for the first-generation Hyundai Tiburon (chassis code HY22), covering the full 1996 to 2001 production run. Front strut and rear shock-and-spring layout supplied as a four-corner kit. Confirm your exact build year against the configurator below before ordering.

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Pick your spring rates, damping preference and ride height in the configurator below and build your Street Advanced kit to spec.