XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — BMW 5 SERIES G31 (OE FOR REAR AIR STRUT) 2017-2026

The G31 Touring is the awkward one in the 5 Series suspension catalogue. BMW fitted self-levelling air struts to the rear axle to handle a loaded estate’s payload, and that air-over-damper setup is exactly what most coilover ranges quietly refuse to address. The XYZ Racing Super Sport kit for the G31 is built to replace it – front coilovers paired with rear units engineered around the OE air-strut geometry, so the car keeps its loaded composure without the stock crashy rebound over broken UK B-roads.

That matters because the G31 is heavy. A 530d Touring sits north of 1,800kg, and the standard adaptive setup tends toward float at the front and a vague turn-in once you start asking real questions of it. Super Sport addresses both ends with 36-way damping and proper ride-height adjustment.

What this coilover does for your 2017-2026 Bmw 5 SERIES G31 (OE FOR REAR AIR Strut)

Drop the front 25-40mm and the G31’s nose stops nodding under trail-braking. The 36-way damping range is wide enough to run a genuinely compliant setting for the daily commute and stiffen things up before a Cadwell trackday without rolling under the car with a spring compressor. Body control improves most noticeably mid-corner, where the long-wheelbase Touring tends to feel like it’s catching up with itself on standard dampers. You also get back the steering response that BMW’s adaptive electronics damp out in Comfort mode by default. Brake dive on the front axle, the thing that makes a heavy estate feel its weight under braking, becomes something you can tune out rather than live with.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s fast-road-to-weekend-track damper, and the brief shows in the construction. 36-way adjustment via a single click-stop knob covers both bump and rebound through one circuit, which keeps setup honest – you’re not chasing two dials trying to balance them. Ride height is independent of damper preload, so you can run the car low without binding the spring or sacrificing usable stroke. The damper body is built to absorb the kind of mid-frequency impacts that wreck the OE air struts on UK roads – expansion joints, raised manhole covers, the surface of any A-road north of Birmingham – while staying composed when you load it laterally. It’s the damper for owners who don’t want a dedicated track kit, but want the standard car’s vagueness gone.

Fitment for the Bmw 5 SERIES G31 (OE FOR REAR AIR Strut) (2017-2026)

Chassis code BM88, covering the full G31 Touring run from 2017 through to 2026, and specifically the variant fitted from factory with rear air struts. Confirm your car has the air-suspension rear before ordering – the standard-spring G31 takes a different part number.

What buyers also search for

• G31 Touring coilovers that work with the factory rear air strut setup
• BMW 5 Series Touring suspension upgrade for fast road and occasional track
• 36-way adjustable damping for the G31 estate with ride-height control
• Replacing G31 self-levelling rear air struts with a coilover-compatible kit
• BMW G31 530d / 540i Touring lowering options without losing daily composure

Pick your spring rates and finish below and configure the kit for your G31.