XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Nissan CUBE Z12 TYPE 1 2009-2014

The Nissan CUBE Z12’s trademark tall body was never intended as a track-day profile – yet the factory suspension lets that high centre of gravity work against you far sooner than it should. Body roll arrives early, tyre contact patches load unevenly under cornering forces, and the front end’s response to steering inputs feels smothered.

The XYZ Racing Top Sport coilover for the Z12 TYPE 1 addresses all of that through a calibrated step up in damping and spring rate – 30 to 50 per cent firmer on damping, 2kg/mm up on spring rate – bringing the CUBE’s tall body into check without making the ride brittle on urban roads.

What this coilover does for your 2009-2014 Nissan CUBE Z12 TYPE 1

The most immediate gain is body roll control. The Z12’s tall roofline creates a high centre of gravity, and the factory tune lets that mass pendulum through corners in a way that erodes confidence and loads the tyres unevenly. The Top Sport’s spring rate increase – 2kg/mm over street baseline – flattens that lean and keeps all four contact patches loaded more consistently through direction changes. The firmer damping range meanwhile absorbs the jolt from large expansion joints and raised lane markings without transmitting shock into the cabin. On tighter, bumpier roads, the combination of controlled body movement and improved tyre tracking means the Z12 goes where you point it, rather than pitching and rolling toward a compromise line.

About the Top Sport coilover

The Top Sport sits at XYZ Racing’s crossover between usable street compliance and genuine circuit capability – the company positions it as suitable for track-day and aggressive road use. Damping rates run at 30 to 50 per cent above standard street settings, giving the kit meaningful compression and rebound control without the rigidity that full competition setups carry into daily driving. Spring rates are stepped up by 2kg/mm over street baseline, enough to reduce dive and roll noticeably without making the ride brittle. The calibration stems from XYZ Racing’s track programme; the spring and damper pairing is developed to work together, not assembled from generic components. Ride height is adjustable, letting owners lower the Z12’s centre of gravity beyond the factory stance and tackle that lean angle directly at its source.

Fitment for the Nissan CUBE Z12 TYPE 1 (2009-2014)

This coilover kit is manufactured for the Nissan CUBE Z12 TYPE 1 (chassis code NI62), covering the 2009 to 2014 production span. Confirm your car is the TYPE 1 variant before ordering, as the Z12 range carried different trim specifications across its production run.

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The specification is below – build yours to the ride height that suits your Z12.