
The Model 3 carries most of its considerable mass low in the floor, where the battery pack sits, and that gives it a centre of gravity a combustion saloon can only envy. The trouble is the factory suspension was tuned to keep a heavy four-door comfortable on the motorway, not to exploit that low CoG when you lean on it. The XYZ Racing Top Sport coilover for the Tesla Model 3 2017-2024 exists to close that gap, controlling the kerb weight that standard dampers let wallow on turn-in.
Top Sport sits at the track-day-plus-street point of the range. It firms the car up enough to keep the body flat and the contact patch loaded through a fast corner, while staying compliant enough to live with on a broken British B-road and the daily commute.
What this coilover kit does for your 2017-2024 Tesla Model 3
The first thing you feel is that the nose stops diving and the body stops rolling when you commit to a corner, because the spring rate runs roughly 2kg/mm above the soft street setting and the damping is wound up 30-50% to match. That extra control matters on a car this heavy: the instant torque of the dual-motor cars loads the rear hard, and tighter damping keeps the tyres planted instead of skating over mid-corner bumps. Ride height comes down too, which sharpens the steering response the standard car blunts and tidies up the slightly tall factory stance. Crucially, the damping is built to soak up sharp impacts rather than just hammering them through, so the Model 3 stays settled over uneven tarmac where a cheaper lowering kit would crash and skip.
About the Top Sport coilover
Top Sport is XYZ Racing’s street-and-circuit specification, and the recipe is deliberate: take the street setting and add around 30-50% more damping force together with a spring rate roughly 2kg/mm stiffer. The result is a kit that absorbs the impact of uneven pavement and shrugs off the jolt of a big bump rather than transmitting it into the shell, which keeps the body calm and the tyres working. By suppressing that shock to the body, the setup increases the tyre’s available traction and gives the kind of stability that lets you place a heavy EV with confidence. XYZ Racing draws these settings from its own Top Sport racing experience, and the spec is aimed squarely at track-day use and aggressive road driving rather than outright comfort cruising.
Fitment for the Tesla Model 3 (2017-2024)
This kit is built for the TE01-platform Tesla Model 3 across the 2017 to 2024 model years. It suits both single and dual-motor cars within that span. Confirm your build year against the range above before you configure, and check your current spec so the right corner balance is set from the outset.
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Set your ride height and corner spec to suit how you actually drive – configure yours below.
Top mounts included with your kit
Every XYZ Racing coilover kit ships with the upper mounts listed below for your exact chassis — no extra parts to source.
AluminiumAAluminium upper mount — a stiff, lightweight housing that locates the damper precisely and resists flex under load.
OE (factory) mountOERetains the OEM (factory) upper mount — preserves the original ride comfort, noise and vibration behaviour for a stock-like feel.
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