XYZ Racing Racing Spec Coilovers — Holden COMMODORE VE 2006-2013

The VE Commodore is a big, rear-drive Australian saloon with a Zeta-platform chassis that was always more capable than its 1.7-tonne kerb weight suggests – and it punishes soft suspension the moment you start asking real questions of it on a circuit. The XYZ Racing Racing Spec coilover is the kit you fit when a VE SS or HSV variant is no longer a weekend cruiser and has become a dedicated track or time-attack car.

This is not a fast-road damper softened off for compliance. It is the top of the XYZ ladder, with valving derived from direct participation in WTCC-level competition, and it is the kit you specify when the VE is going to live on slicks, semi-slicks or a stripped interior.

What this coilover does for your 2006-2013 Holden Commodore VE

Drop a Racing Spec into a VE and the first thing you notice is body control – a 6.0-litre LS-powered SS doing 1.4g into a long right-hander stops squatting at the rear and rolling on the outside front, so the loaded tyre actually does its job instead of rolling onto the sidewall. Steering response sharpens because the heavy nose stops diving on turn-in, which lets you trail-brake deeper into apexes the standard FE2 setup never permitted. The race-derived damping controls the VE’s considerable polar moment under quick direction changes, so transitions through esses stop feeling like you are wrestling a barge. Spring rates and damper valving are sized for slick or semi-slick rubber and the loads that come with it, not for absorbing speed humps on the way to Westfield. On a stripped track car you can put the throttle down earlier out of corners, because the rear axle is planted rather than skating on a soft factory tune.

About the Racing Spec coilover

The Racing Spec damper is specifically built for circuit competition, with every setting derived from direct racing involvement at the WTCC level. That pedigree shows up in the damping curves, the spring rates supplied as standard, and the way the kit responds to alignment changes – the kind of detail decisions you only land on after a season of timed sessions. Construction is the full XYZ Racing race-side specification: monotube body, large-bore piston, separate compression and rebound circuits, and pillowball top mounts where the chassis allows. Because no two race VEs run the same combination of brakes, aero, tyres and weight, XYZ offers custom-made shock absorbers for cars with aggressive upgrades – factory-style racing builds, A-Class style preparations or anything in between. You supply the car’s full specification and the circuit you intend to run, and the dampers are built to suit rather than guessed at.

Fitment for the Holden Commodore VE (2006-2013)

This coilover kit fits the Zeta-platform VE Commodore in all body styles – sedan, Sportwagon and Ute – across the 2006 to 2013 production run, covering Omega, Berlina, SV6, SS, SS-V, Calais and HSV E and E2 / E3 series variants. Confirm your VIN and series before ordering if your car carries non-standard upper strut mounts or modified subframes.

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Configure your damping, spring rate and top-mount specification for your VE below, and flag any aero, weight or tyre changes if you need a custom build.