XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi A7 4G8 2WD/4WD 2011-2018

The A7 4G8 carries its weight politely at motorway speeds, but push it hard into an A-road corner and the nose-heavy MLB architecture makes its presence felt. Factory ride height is generous – partly for ride comfort, partly for the quattro system’s ground clearance expectations – and it leaves a gap in the arches that makes the fastback body look taller than the GT character deserves. The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover kit gives the 4G8 something meaningful to work with: adjustable height and 36-way damping that transforms how the car sits and responds.

For fast-road use and the occasional track day, the Super Sport sits between comfort-biased OEM upgrade springs and full competition specification. That positioning suits the A7’s dual identity – a car that genuinely covers ground quickly, but rarely on closed circuits.

What this coilover does for your 2011-2018 Audi A7 4G8 2WD/4WD

Dropping the 4G8’s ride height tightens up the body control that grows lazy in standard trim. On the quattro variants, a lower centre of gravity helps the Torsen centre differential put power down more cleanly through tighter bends. The 36-way damping range is wide enough to maintain a composed daily ride on UK roads while offering a firmer setting for more aggressive driving – a meaningful spread for a car that might cover a long motorway run one weekend and a sprint event the next. Ride height adjustment also resolves the wheel-gap problem that bothers most 4G8 owners without committing to a drop that fights the suspension geometry.

About the Super Sport coilover

XYZ Racing’s Super Sport is positioned for daily usability without abandoning performance credentials. The system uses height-adjustable dampers and springs with 36-way damping adjustment via a dedicated adjuster knob, giving 36 distinct increments from compliance-focused road settings through to a stiffer fast-road tune – all without lifting the car. The construction addresses the knock and float that stock dampers allow on Britain’s more demanding road surfaces while still providing the body control a heavy GT needs at pace. Both 2WD and quattro A7 4G8 variants are covered across the full 2011-2018 production span, the kit accounting for the different front axle loads the two drivetrains generate under hard braking and cornering.

Fitment for the Audi A7 4G8 2WD/4WD (2011-2018)

This kit is built to the AU56 chassis code, covering both the 2WD and quattro four-wheel-drive A7 across the full first-generation production run from 2011 to 2018. Confirm your drivetrain variant before ordering, as the 2WD and quattro front dampers are load-rated to suit each configuration’s axle weight.

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The Super Sport brings the A7 4G8’s grand tourer character in line with the suspension adjustability the car was always missing from the factory. Configure yours below.