XYZ Racing Drag Racing Coilovers — Nissan CUBE Z12 TYPE 2 2009-2014

Launching a front-wheel-drive Z12 Cube hard is a study in weight management. The car is tall, narrow-tracked and soft in standard trim, with very little mass sitting over the driven front axle, so the moment you load it off the line the nose wants to rise and those front tyres scrabble instead of hooking up. The XYZ Racing Drag Racing coilover for the Nissan CUBE Z12 TYPE 2 is built to solve that one problem.

This is a 0-400 metre specialist, not a fast-road all-rounder. The ride-height and damping settings are there to plant the front axle the instant the clutch or the CVT takes up drive, and to keep the boxy body from pitching as the HR15DE pulls the Cube down the strip.

What this coilover does for your 2009-2014 Nissan CUBE Z12 TYPE 2

The whole point is launch traction. By letting you set corner heights and preload to bias weight onto the driven front wheels, the coilover forces more compression into the front tyres at the moment of launch, which cuts the wheelspin that bleeds away a Cube’s modest power. Once you are moving, the firmer rates hold the tall body flat and steady so the car tracks straight at the top end rather than wandering. You get a repeatable launch height you can tune to the surface, and a settled platform through the traps where a standard Z12 would float.

About the Drag Racing coilover

XYZ developed this Drag Racing series specifically for 0-400 metre runs, with versions to suit front-wheel-drive, rear-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive cars. The defining idea is dynamic weight transfer: the setup is configured so the car shifts load toward whichever axle is driving the wheels during that first explosive moment off the line. On a front-driven Cube that means deliberately compressing the front tyres to maximise their contact patch under acceleration, reducing the dead time when a wheel spins without putting power down. The same settings then work to keep the vehicle stable at high speed once it is hooked up and pulling. It is a single-purpose tool, tuned around the physics of a standing-start drag pass rather than cornering balance or ride comfort.

Fitment for the Nissan CUBE Z12 TYPE 2 (2009-2014)

This kit is the front-wheel-drive Drag Racing application for the Z12-generation Nissan CUBE, chassis code NI62-1, covering the 2009 to 2014 build span (TYPE 2). Confirm your chassis code and build year against the listing before ordering so the spring and damper set matches your exact car.

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Pick your spec and set your launch height in the configurator below.