XYZ Racing Pro Racing Gravel/Snow Coilovers — Chrysler NEON 1994-2000

The first-generation Chrysler NEON arrived as a light, simply-sprung front-driver, and that low kerb weight is exactly what makes it worth building once the tarmac runs out. Swap the standard struts for the XYZ Racing Pro Racing Gravel/Snow coilover and the CR02 platform gains the long-travel compliance a loose surface demands – room for the wheels to follow ruts and crests instead of skating across them.

This is a rally and rallycross damper first. It is built around an extended stroke front and rear, a larger oil and gas volume, and three-way adjustment, so a 1994-2000 NEON can be set up for gravel one weekend and packed snow the next without the shock fading mid-stage.

What this coilover does for your 1994-2000 Chrysler NEON

On a loose surface the first thing you feel is grip you can trust. The longer travel keeps the front tyres loaded over compressions and off-camber ruts where a shortened circuit coilover would top out and let the nose wash wide. The bigger buffer distance designed into the stroke absorbs the heavy hits – landings, kerb strikes, frozen ridges – rather than firing them straight into the shell. Larger oil and nitrogen volume keeps the damping consistent deep into a long stage, so the car still turns and settles on the final corner the way it did on the first. Three knobs of adjustment let you soften for snow traction or firm up for hard-packed gravel, all without touching the spring.

About the Pro Racing Gravel/Snow coilover

This damper is engineered for rally and rallycross rather than smooth circuit work. Its defining feature is travel: both front and rear units run a longer stroke than a tarmac coilover, which increases the buffer distance and keeps the car stable when the suspension is working near full extension over jumps and dips. To support that, XYZ Racing has increased the volume of suspension oil and nitrogen gas inside each unit. More fluid and gas means the shock resists the heat build-up that exhausts a smaller damper after sustained hard use, so performance holds across repeated stages. Adjustment runs through three separate knobs. Because of the small oil-passage design behind those knobs, you may hear a faint noise as oil is forced through the restriction over big bumps – that is normal behaviour, not a fault, and a sign the valving is working.

Fitment for the Chrysler NEON (1994-2000)

This kit is specified for the Chrysler NEON, chassis code CR02, covering the 1994 to 2000 model years. It suits the first-generation car across that span. Confirm your exact year and body style against the configurator before ordering, since fitment is tied to the CR02 platform listed here.

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Genuine gravel and snow hardware for a first-generation NEON is hard to come by in 2026, so a damper built specifically for the CR02 is worth having. Choose your spring and damping spec below and build yours.