XYZ Racing Pro Racing Gravel/Snow Coilovers — Mitsubishi ECLIPSE 2006-2012

The fourth-generation Eclipse hangs most of its mass over the front axle, with the transverse engine – a 2.4-litre four, or the 3.8-litre V6 in the GT – sitting ahead of a front-drive chassis that left the factory tuned soft and long-legged. On gravel and snow that softness turns to wallow, and the standard dampers run short on travel and on heat tolerance long before a loose-surface stage is done.

This is where the XYZ Racing Pro Racing Gravel/Snow coilover for the Mitsubishi Eclipse earns its place. It is a loose-surface damper first, trading the low, hard manners of a circuit kit for long suspension travel and a large oil and gas reserve, so a nose-heavy front-driver stays settled when the road stops being flat.

What this coilover does for your 2006-2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse

On gravel or packed snow the extra travel shows up straight away: the front axle keeps loading the tyre through ruts and compressions instead of skating over them, which matters on a car that leans hard on its front contact patch to turn. The larger buffer distance front and rear means fewer brutal bottom-outs over crests and landings. The increased volume of shock oil and nitrogen gas holds damping force steady on long runs, where a smaller unit would start to fade as the fluid heats. Three independent adjustment knobs let you set the Eclipse up for deep snow one weekend and dry gravel the next.

About the Pro Racing Gravel/Snow coilover

This damper was designed primarily for rally and rallycross use. The longer front and rear travel opens up a bigger buffer zone that keeps the car stable when the surface turns uneven. A deliberately enlarged reservoir of shock oil and nitrogen gas raises thermal capacity, so the dampers resist the oil-temperature spike that exhausts a smaller unit after sustained hard use. The three adjustment knobs feed through a small oil passage, and over big hits that restriction can produce a faint noise as fluid moves through it – this is normal behaviour, not a fault. The whole construction is weighted towards stability and durability under repeated loose-surface punishment rather than the last word in low-speed circuit precision.

Fitment for the Mitsubishi Eclipse (2006-2012)

This kit is built to the MT16 chassis of the fourth-generation Mitsubishi Eclipse, covering the 2006 to 2012 model years. Confirm your car’s build year falls inside that span before configuring your spec.

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