XYZ Racing Circuit Master Coilovers — Audi R8 4WD (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2007-2014

The Type 42 R8’s mid-mounted V8 or V10 sits behind the cabin with the bulk of the mass low and central, but the factory magnetic ride was tuned for a brief that includes Autobahn cruising as much as it does B-road attack – and once you start chasing apex speeds on a circuit, that compromise shows. The Circuit Master coilover for the 2007-2014 Audi R8 quattro replaces that electronically damped setup wholesale, and ships with the cancellation kit needed to keep the dashboard quiet once the magnetic struts are gone.

This is the sharpest end of the XYZ Racing coilover range, sitting above the road-biased Super Sport and Top Sport in damper intent. Where the softer kits split duties between street and track, the Circuit Master is built for sustained circuit lap-time work on an R8 that lives at Anglesey, Donington, or the Nordschleife.

What this coilover does for your 2007-2014 Audi R8

Installed on a 4WD R8, the Circuit Master changes how the chassis loads and unloads under hard cornering. The damper internals are tuned to resist the secondary movement that mid-engined quattro cars develop in fast direction changes, where the rear axle’s weight wants to keep moving after the fronts have already turned in. You get a flatter platform on turn-in, more predictable rotation off the brakes, and a noticeably firmer contact patch on kerbs and rumble strips. The 9720-way matrix of adjustment means you can run a softer bump setting for a bumpy circuit like Cadwell, then close everything down for a smoother surface like Silverstone GP without changing the kit. Ride height is set to suit your tyre and track-day rake preference.

About the Circuit Master coilover

The Circuit Master is the same damper platform XYZ Racing supplies to its Racing Spec, Drift Spec and Tarmac Rally customers, developed and tested by XYZ racing teams across international circuits. The headline number is 9720 possible adjustment combinations across three separate knobs, which is unusual at this price point – most three-way dampers on the market are sold to factory teams only. The three-knob layout splits high-speed bump, low-speed bump and rebound, so a corner exit issue is no longer the same conversation as a kerb-strike issue. A small oil-passage design is part of how the damper delivers that resolution; on big road bumps the oil moving through the smaller passages can produce an audible note, which is expected behaviour and not a fault. The coilover is built for circuit surfaces, where that trade is the right one.

Fitment for the Audi R8 (2007-2014)

This kit is configured for the Type 42 Audi R8 quattro (chassis AU44-C) built between 2007 and 2014, and is supplied with the cancellation kit required to disable the factory magnetic ride electronic damping warning. Both V8 and V10 variants share the platform; confirm your build year and drivetrain when configuring.

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Pick your spring rates, ride height and adjuster spec in the configurator below to build yours.