XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Subaru FORESTER SK 4WD 2018-2024

The Forester SK’s raised crossover stance and permanent symmetrical AWD give it a higher centre of gravity than any Impreza-derived hatch in the Subaru range, and that shows up as body roll the moment you carry real speed into a corner. XYZ Racing’s Top Sport coilover kit is built around that specific problem: a damping and spring package for occasional track day work that still copes with the school run and the motorway commute in between.

This is the Top Sport spec, built for aggressive fast-road driving and occasional circuit use on a car that’s also doing daily duty, rather than one that lives on a trailer.

What this coilover does for your 2018-2024 Subaru Forester SK

Fit the kit and the first thing you’ll feel is how much less the Forester’s body rolls into a fast bend – the 30-50% increase in damping force over the standard street setting, paired with roughly 2kg/mm more spring rate, pulls up that lean and keeps the tyre contact patch flatter under load. On a taller AWD crossover like the SK, that matters more than it would on a low hatchback, because there’s more mass moving further above the road. The stiffer setup also does the opposite job well: across the broken tarmac and speed humps that a daily-driven Forester actually sees, the extra damping absorbs the hit rather than letting the body kick, so big bumps get soaked up instead of unsettling the chassis mid-corner. Traction improves too – with the symmetrical AWD system able to put power down through all four corners, keeping the dampers controlled means less of that power gets wasted on an unsettled tyre. The net result on this specific car is a Forester that turns in flatter, rides broken UK B-roads without crashing through, and holds its line better when you lean on it for a track day.

About the Top Sport coilover

XYZ Racing’s Top Sport line is tuned specifically for that aggressive-road-to-track-day brief, and the tuning philosophy comes straight from the brand’s own track day and race programme. Compared with a street setting, damping force is increased by 30 to 50 percent, or the spring rate is stepped up by around 2kg/mm, depending on the application – a deliberate choice to control body movement under load without turning the car into something you can’t drive to the circuit. The construction absorbs impact across rough or uneven surfaces and effectively suppresses the shock body’s movement, which is what keeps the tyre loaded and gripping rather than skipping across a bump. XYZ Racing describes the result as vehicle stability that lets the driver feel confident in how the car behaves, corner to corner – the settings are drawn directly from their Top Sport racing experience rather than a generic off-the-shelf valve curve. It’s aimed squarely at track day use and aggressive driving, without abandoning the everyday usability a crossover like the Forester needs.

Fitment for the Subaru Forester SK (2018-2024)

This kit is built specifically for the Subaru Forester SK, 4WD, covering the 2018 to 2024 model years. Confirm your Forester matches the SK chassis code before ordering – the kit is engineered around this platform’s specific AWD suspension geometry and mounting points, not a generic Forester fitment.

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Spec is set around the Forester SK’s 4WD platform and the Top Sport’s fast-road-to-track-day brief – configure yours below to match it to your car.