XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Lexus GS 350 4WD (S190) 2006-2011

The Lexus GS 350 4WD on the S190 platform is a more capable machine than Lexus ever permitted it to be from the showroom. The factory suspension was calibrated around the GS’s luxury positioning first: compliant, quiet, and deliberately undemanding. On an AWD car carrying the additional mass of a transfer case and propshaft ahead of the firewall, that translates to a handling balance firmly biased towards understeer – the GS 350 4WD will push through corners that the contemporary E60 530xi or Infiniti M35x would handle with noticeably more keenness.

The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover kit for the Lexus GS 350 4WD (S190) changes that baseline. Running 36-way adjustable dampers on a fully height-adjustable platform, it gives you the tools to work systematically through the AWD understeer and recover the handling potential that has always existed in the S190 chassis.

What this coilover does for your 2006-2011 Lexus GS 350 4WD (S190)

The GS 350 4WD’s weight sits predominantly over the front axle, and at the S190’s factory ride height the car accumulates noticeable body roll into medium-speed corners – something that becomes obvious once you have driven a rear-drive GS 430 or GS 460 on the same roads. The Super Sport kit lowers the centre of gravity and allows front and rear damper settings to be dialled across 36 discrete positions, so you can bias the balance rearward and sharpen the turn-in response that the AWD drivetrain dulls at the nose. On public roads, a mid-range setting absorbs the longitudinal ridges and expansion joints common on UK A-roads without the float of the factory set-up. Tighten towards the firmer end of the range for a circuit day and the float disappears without the harshness that fixed-rate lowering springs typically introduce.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s specification for drivers who use their car seriously on public roads and take it to track days, without committing to a dedicated circuit setup. The 36-way damping adjustment – 36 discrete steps from compliant to fully firm – is wide enough that a single kit covers daily driving, fast B-road runs, and a Saturday circuit session without swapping any hardware. Ride height is independently adjustable across the kit’s full travel range, giving you control over stance and corner weights separately from the damper setting. XYZ Racing designed the Super Sport to occupy the space between comfort-biased factory suspension and full race specification: the stated target is a system that eliminates the discomfort generated by rough or broken surfaces while still being usable at a track day, and that breadth is exactly what the 36-way range delivers.

Fitment for the Lexus GS 350 4WD (S190) (2006-2011)

This kit is built specifically for the third-generation Lexus GS in all-wheel-drive specification, covering S190 chassis codes from 2006 to 2011. Spring and damper geometry differs between the RWD and AWD variants of the S190 range, so confirm you have the 4WD model before ordering – the two fitments are not interchangeable. No structural modifications to the S190 platform are required for installation.

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The S190 GS 350 4WD’s factory balance is a starting point, not a conclusion. Configure yours using the options below.