XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Mitsubishi GALANT VR4 4WD (McPHERSON) 1988-1992

Before Mitsubishi built the Lancer Evolution, there was the Galant VR4. The E39A was the homologation platform that put the 4G63T engine and full all-wheel drive into a saloon body, sent it to the WRC, and proved the drivetrain formula that would carry the brand for the next two decades. The McPherson front struts on the 1988-1992 cars carried the weight of the turbocharged four-cylinder and the loaded front driveshafts – suspension already working hard from the factory, and increasingly showing its age on cars now approaching 40 years old.

The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover for the Mitsubishi Galant VR4 4WD replaces that ageing strut setup with a fully ride-height-adjustable kit carrying 36-way damping adjustment. For owners running these cars seriously in 2026, it closes the gap between what the E39A’s chassis was capable of and what the original suspension hardware could actually deliver.

What this coilover does for your 1988-1992 Mitsubishi GALANT VR4 4WD

On the E39A, the 4WD system means the front axle carries the additional weight of the transfer case and driveshaft arrangement – a heavier, more complex load than any front-wheel-drive Galant variant. Getting the damping balance right matters more, not less. The 36-way adjustment range lets you work between compression and rebound settings that match the all-wheel-drive traction characteristics: too little damping and the nose becomes vague under boost; too much stiffness and the front wheels lose compliance over the broken road surfaces these older platforms encounter most often. Ride height adjustment corrects stance without requiring geometry compromises, and on a chassis where the original front roll centre height was set for a different era of tyres entirely, that adjustment has genuine handling consequences beyond aesthetics.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s fast-road and weekend-track damper, built to cover both daily use and circuit sessions from a single setup without requiring a rebuild between uses. The 36-way damping range is the defining feature – it replaces the binary choice between a compliant daily setup and a stiffer separate track configuration. Ride height is fully adjustable throughout, which on a 35-year-old JDM platform means the ability to correct for any earlier lowering work, match current tyre profiles, or simply find a ride height that the original factory setting was never optimised for. The construction addresses the core limitation of factory rubber-bushed dampers of this generation: inconsistent damping response under the repeated high-load inputs that a turbocharged 4WD drivetrain generates on fast roads.

Fitment for the Mitsubishi GALANT VR4 4WD (1988-1992)

This coilover is built for the Mitsubishi Galant VR4 4WD in McPherson front-strut configuration, chassis code MT22, covering 1988 through 1992. The McPherson designation in the product spec matters: Galant variants from this period used differing front suspension architectures depending on specification, and this kit is matched specifically to the McPherson strut geometry of the 4WD VR4 rather than any other front-end arrangement.

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Select your ride height range and configure the Super Sport kit for your Galant VR4 below.