XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Mazda CX-5 (KE) 4WD 2013-2017

The first-generation KE Mazda CX-5 was the car that proved a family crossover could actually steer. SkyActiv chassis, decent damping, a kerb weight that didn’t insult the driver – and yet the factory ride height and soft spring rates still telegraph every fault of a tall 4WD body in roll. The XYZ Racing Top Sport coilover is built to fix that without turning a daily into a skateboard.

Top Sport sits at the road-and-occasional-track end of the XYZ range. For a 1.5-tonne all-wheel-drive crossover on the KE platform, that positioning matters: this is the spec that brings body control to a chassis that wants to corner flatter than its ride height allows, while keeping enough compliance to survive a British B-road.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2017 Mazda CX-5

Drop the KE’s centre of gravity, kill the roll, and the SkyActiv chassis underneath finally gets to do its job. Turn-in sharpens, mid-corner attitude stops wallowing, and the front axle stops pushing on the way out of slow corners. Damping is adjustable across 30 clicks, which is the bit that earns the money on a 4WD crossover – you can soften the front to settle the nose on broken UK Tarmac, then firm the rear for laden motorway stability. Spring rates are matched to the CX-5’s higher unsprung mass and longer-travel geometry, so the platform doesn’t get crashy over expansion joints the way a generic kit will. Ride height is adjustable on the lower bracket, separating preload from drop, which keeps stroke length sensible on a tall car.

About the Top Sport coilover

Top Sport is a 30-way damper-adjustable, ride-height-adjustable monotube coilover sitting on a pillowball top mount. The monotube body keeps oil and gas separated, which holds damping consistent when the shock heats up on a sustained back-road run or a hot lap at Cadwell. Spring rates and damping curves are specified for each fitment rather than carried across from a generic application, which on a 4WD KE means rates and valving sympathetic to the heavier nose and the 4WD rear differential mass. Lower-bracket ride-height adjustment lets you drop the car without losing shock stroke – the right way to lower a crossover, rather than winding spring perches down and binning compression travel. Pillowball top mounts replace the rubber OE bushes for a more direct steering feel without the harshness of a solid mount.

Fitment for the Mazda CX-5 (Years 2013-2017)

This kit is specified for the first-generation KE platform CX-5 in 4WD form, covering the 2013 to 2017 model years. Front and rear assemblies are paired to the KE’s strut-front, multi-link-rear geometry. Confirm your chassis code reads KE before ordering – the later KF generation uses a different platform and takes a different kit.

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