XYZ Racing Pro Rally Coilovers — Audi S5 B8 4WD (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2007-2016

The B8 S5 was sold as a grand tourer with a 4.2 V8 hung ahead of the front axle, then later a supercharged 3.0 TFSI in the same position. That weight, that quattro driveline, and Audi’s factory electronic damping are the three things any serious rally build has to deal with before the car can be trusted on a loose stage. The XYZ Racing Pro Rally coilover addresses all three, and this kit ships with the cancellation hardware to disable the OE adaptive damping system cleanly.

This is not a fast-road kit with longer travel. Pro Rally is XYZ’s top-tier competition damper, built for gravel, snow and mixed-surface stages where ride height, droop and damping curve all need to be set for the event rather than the showroom.

What this coilover does for your 2007-2016 Audi S5 B8 4WD (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping)

On a B8 S5 the front-axle bias is the defining trait – the nose pushes wide on loose surfaces and the rear gets light under braking into a hairpin. A purpose-spec rally damper lets you raise the car for stage clearance, run the spring rates the surface actually demands, and keep the wheel planted through the compressions and crests that destroy road-spec struts. With the OE electronic damping cancelled, you also lose the dashboard fault codes and the unpredictable behaviour that comes from running a road ECU against non-OE struts. The result is a car that places its front end where the co-driver’s notes say it should, with rear rotation you can predict on a trailing throttle.

About the Pro Rally coilover

XYZ’s rally programme is split into two distinct installation paths and you need to know which you are buying into. The amateur path bolts directly to the original chassis mounting points, so the car can stay road-registered between events. The professional path assumes the body has been modified – strut towers reworked, mounting hardware relocated – to take a longer-travel, higher-load damper that would not fit a standard shell. Both share the same core philosophy: gravel and snow specification, long-stroke design, valving tuned for repeated big hits rather than smooth tarmac. Spring rates, ride height and damping are all driver-set for the surface and the stage. This is rally hardware in the literal sense, not a fast-road coilover with a different sticker on the body.

Fitment for the Audi S5 (2007-2016)

This kit is built for the B8 generation S5 in 4WD form, chassis code AU28-1-C, covering model years 2007 to 2016. The cancellation hardware in this part number is specifically for cars that left the factory with electronic adaptive damping – confirm your car has the adaptive system before ordering this variant.

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Pick your Pro Rally spec for the B8 S5 in the configurator below and set spring rates and ride height to your event.