XYZ Racing Racing Spec Coilovers — Nissan MAXIMA A31 (OE Rear WISHBONE) 1989-1994

The A31 Maxima runs a rear multi-link wishbone layout rather than the strut-based rear ends most of its Japanese saloon contemporaries used, which changes how the rear axle behaves under hard cornering load and why a generic strut-insert kit doesn’t do this chassis justice. On a car built to carry that VG30 V6 through a corner, the rear geometry needs a damper that actually respects the wishbone’s motion, not one adapted from a different rear architecture.

XYZ Racing’s Racing Spec coilover is the model built for exactly this kind of demand: circuit and time-attack use where the car sees repeated hard laps rather than the occasional spirited B-road blast. For an A31 that’s been pulled out of daily service and pointed at a track day calendar, this is the spec that matches that intent.

What this coilover does for your 1989-1994 Nissan Maxima A31 (OE Rr WISHBONE)

Fitted correctly, the Racing Spec kit tightens body control front and rear, cutting the roll and pitch that a nearly-40-year-old saloon suspension setup was never tuned to resist at speed. On the A31’s wishbone rear, that means more consistent contact patch under trail-braking and mid-corner load transfer, which translates into a rear end that stays predictable rather than stepping out unannounced. The coilover architecture also lets you set ride height independently of spring preload, so you can get the Maxima’s stance and corner weights sorted without hunting for the right spring length. For a car this age going back out on circuit, that combination of stiffer control and adjustability is what separates a track-day car from a lowered road car.

About the Racing Spec coilover

XYZ Racing developed the Racing Spec damper specifically for track racing, with valving and settings drawn directly from circuit competition experience including WTCC entries. That racing-derived tuning is the point of difference from a fast-road coilover: the damping curve is built around sustained cornering loads and repeated braking zones rather than a single spirited run. For heavily modified cars – factory racing builds or A-class competition machines – XYZ Racing also offers custom-specification shock absorbers, built once you supply the detail of your car’s other upgrades and the circuit it will run. That bespoke option exists precisely because a car pushed hard enough often outgrows an off-the-shelf valving curve, and the Racing Spec line is designed to be the starting point for that conversation.

Fitment for the Nissan Maxima A31 (OE Rr WISHBONE) (1989-1994)

This kit is engineered for the Nissan Maxima A31 built between 1989 and 1994, specifically the version running the factory rear wishbone rear suspension design (chassis reference NI05). Confirm your car uses this original equipment rear wishbone layout, rather than a later revision, before ordering, since the damper’s mounting geometry is matched to it.

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Get the Racing Spec kit matched to your A31’s factory wishbone rear end – configure yours below.