XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Mazda CX-3 2015-2026

The Mazda CX-3 wears a crossover body over what is essentially a Mazda2 platform – tall, narrow-tracked, and tuned at the factory for compliance over composure. Body roll comes early, weight transfer is lazy at turn-in, and the stock dampers run out of control well before the chassis runs out of grip. A coilover swap is the single biggest dynamic change you can make to one.

XYZ Racing’s Top Sport kit gives the CX-3 the ride-height drop and damping authority the factory setup leaves on the table, without forcing you into a one-trick track-only spring rate. It’s the spec that suits a CX-3 used for fast B-roads, the occasional track day, and a daily commute that still has to deal with British surface changes.

What this coilover does for your 2015-2026 Mazda CX-3

Drop the ride height into a sensible window and the CX-3’s centre of gravity moves with it – body roll halves, steering response sharpens, and the tall-crossover wallow on motorway lane changes disappears. The 36-way damping adjustment matters here because the CX-3’s stock front-to-rear balance is conservative; you can finally bias the car’s response to where you actually want it. Monotube construction keeps damper fade off the table on a hot lap or a long descent, so the second-half of a session feels like the first. Pillow-ball top mounts on the front sharpen turn-in by removing the rubber compliance Mazda built in for refinement. And because the spring perches are independent of the ride-height collars, you can corner-weight the car properly without compromising stroke.

About the Top Sport coilover

The Top Sport is XYZ Racing’s road-and-track all-rounder, sitting between the firmer Super Sport circuit kit and the comfort-leaning Street Advanced. Each damper is a full inverted-monotube design with a 36-step click adjuster on the top, and front and rear ride height adjusts independently from spring preload via a lower bracket. Springs are linear-rate, matched to the CX-3’s kerb weight and front-axle bias, with the option to swap to alternative rates from XYZ’s catalogue. The damper bodies are CNC-machined from T6061 aluminium, and the shafts are hard-chrome plated to resist seal wear on UK winter roads. Pillow-ball front top mounts replace the OEM rubber upper bushings; the rear retains a rubber-isolated mount to keep cabin noise civilised.

Fitment for the Mazda CX-3 (2015-2026)

This kit is built for the MA33 platform CX-3, covering the full 2015 to 2026 production run. It replaces the front struts and rear shock-and-spring assemblies as a direct bolt-in, using the factory upper and lower mounting hardware. Confirm your year and trim against the chassis code before ordering.

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Pick your spring rates, top-mount option and ride height in the configurator below to build the exact spec for your CX-3.