XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi A5 B8 CONVERTIBLE (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2009-2016

Open-body Audis carry structural weight the coupé never had to account for. The A5 B8 Cabriolet’s floorpan is braced and reinforced to compensate for the absent roof – extra mass that shifts the chassis character relative to its fixed-roof sibling and compounds the B8 platform’s already nose-heavy tendency. The factory Magnetic Ride dampers mediate between comfort and sport modes, but rarely commit fully to either at the pace that makes this platform genuinely rewarding to drive.

This XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover is built specifically for A5 B8 Cabriolets factory-equipped with Audi’s electromagnetic damping. The cancellation kit is the detail that matters here: it allows the Super Sport dampers to replace the OEM electronic units without triggering conflict with the suspension ECU, giving you a clean installation rather than a dashboard lit with warnings.

What this coilover does for your 2009-2016 Audi A5 B8 Convertible

Lowering the Cabriolet’s centre of gravity addresses one of the open-body car’s structural trade-offs directly – the extra mass carried in the reinforced body sits higher than it does in the coupé, and the Super Sport’s ride height adjustment lets you bring that down meaningfully. At the front axle, where the B8 platform’s weight bias is most obvious, improved geometry sharpens the turn-in response that the factory Magnetic Ride setup softens in its default mode. Across 36 damping positions you have the resolution to match ride compliance to road quality without setting the chassis too stiff for an open body to absorb gracefully on UK tarmac. The cancellation kit ensures the electronic damping architecture is bypassed rather than confused, so the car’s behaviour is predictable from the first drive rather than negotiated around a warning light.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport sits in XYZ Racing’s range as the fast-road and occasional-track damper – the point where daily usability and genuine handling improvement share the same hardware. Ride height is adjustable at the collar, allowing stance to be set for the A5 B8 Cabriolet’s specific body proportions rather than applying a standard drop across all B8 variants. The damper spans 36 discrete adjustment steps, covering the compliance needed to absorb uneven road surfaces through to the firmer register required when tarmac gives way to a circuit pit lane entry. XYZ’s own specification frames this as a system that removes the jolt from rough surfaces while remaining viable for weekend race use – the dual-register brief that makes it relevant to owners driving the same car on both sides of a Saturday. Valving is targeted at that combined use rather than the single-purpose stiffness of a full competition setup.

Fitment for the Audi A5 B8 Convertible (2009-2016)

This kit covers the Audi A5 B8 Cabriolet (chassis code AU25-C) across the full 2009 to 2016 production run. It is the Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping variant, meaning it is built for cars that left the factory with Audi’s Magnetic Ride electromagnetic damping – not for standard passive-damper A5 B8 Cabriolets. Confirm your car’s original suspension specification before ordering.

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Spec and fitment options are confirmed through the configurator below – build yours there.