XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Scion TC 2005-2010

The first-generation Scion TC carries its mass high and forward: a heavy panoramic glass roof sitting over a nose-led, front-wheel-drive platform borrowed from Toyota’s larger saloons. From the factory it leans on soft damping and generous body roll, and that is exactly the behaviour the XYZ Racing Top Sport coilover for the 2005-2010 Scion TC is built to rein in.

This is a height-adjustable coilover aimed at the owner who runs the occasional track day but still drives the car on the road through the week. The Top Sport name sets the intent: firmer than street, calmer than a full race build, with spring and damper rates chosen to settle the tC’s tall body without punishing you on a broken B-road.

What this coilover does for your 2005-2010 Scion TC

Drop the ride height and the tC’s centre of gravity falls with it, trimming the roll the standard setup allows mid-corner. XYZ runs damping roughly 30 to 50 percent firmer than a street tune, paired with spring rates around 2kg/mm stiffer, so the chassis stops wallowing and takes a set the moment you turn in. That extra control keeps the front tyres loaded under braking and on corner exit, where a nose-heavy front-driver tends to wash wide. What you feel is a flatter, more deliberate car that answers the wheel instead of arguing with it, while keeping enough compliance to soak up expansion joints and mid-corner bumps rather than skipping over them.

About the Top Sport coilover

Top Sport sits in the XYZ Racing range as the track-curious street setup, and the logic is simple: take the street tune and add roughly 30 to 50 percent more damping force, or step the spring rate up by about 2kg/mm, to give the car the discipline aggressive driving asks for. The firmer valving is there to absorb the heavy hits – the jolt of a big bump or a kerbed apex – while damping out the secondary shake through the body that unsettles a softer car. By keeping the tyre pressed against the road surface more consistently, the kit builds mechanical traction and the kind of stability that lets you commit to a corner. XYZ states these settings come straight from its own Top Sport racing experience, and the kit is pitched at track-day use and harder road driving rather than show stance.

Fitment for the Scion TC (2005-2010)

This kit is cut for the first-generation Scion TC coupe built between 2005 and 2010, listed here under chassis code SC01. It is engineered specifically for that generation, so confirm your car falls inside the 2005-2010 window before ordering. Only the fitment details supplied here apply – check your model year against the range above.

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Set your ride height and corner balance to suit how you actually drive the tC, then configure yours below.