XYZ Racing Pro Rally Coilovers — BMW I8 4WD (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2014-2020

The i8’s factory adaptive dampers were tuned for a GT brief, not a stage: clever on a B-road, but locked out of the wide ride-height and rate window competition demands. This XYZ Racing Pro Rally coilover kit deletes that electronic damping entirely – the included cancellation harness keeps the car’s control units happy with the OE dampers gone – and replaces it with a fully mechanical, rally-spec setup.

Pro Rally is XYZ Racing’s top-flight competition tier, built for gravel and snow rather than smooth tarmac. On a carbon-tubbed, hybrid 4WD platform like the BMW i8 (2014-2020), that means a coilover that can soak up a rough surface and big compressions without the factory system’s electronic guardrails fighting you.

What this coilover kit does for your 2014-2020 BMW i8

With the electronic damping cancelled, you get a predictable, repeatable damper response that does not change mode mid-corner – the single biggest gain on a car that previously decided its own damping. The extended travel and rally-oriented valving let the i8 keep its tyres loaded over crests, ruts and broken surfaces where the standard low-slung GT setup would simply skip and unload. Ride height comes up to clear real-world stage debris, and the firmer, more linear platform gives you a clearer read of front-axle grip through the electrically driven front end. For owners running the i8 hard off smooth roads, it turns a tightly-controlled road car into something you can actually place on a loose surface.

About the Pro Rally coilover

XYZ Racing builds its rally gravel and snow suspension as a genuine competition product, and offers it in two installation paths. The amateur route bolts the kit directly to the original chassis for owners who want the rally damper characteristics without bodywork changes. The professional route is intended for cars that have already been modified to take the suspension, freeing up more travel and mounting flexibility for serious stage use. Both share the same focus: long-travel, high-displacement damping designed to keep wheels on a moving, uneven surface rather than chasing tenths on smooth tarmac. For the i8, the kit also ships with the electronic damping cancellation hardware needed to retire the OE adaptive system cleanly, so there are no dash faults once the factory dampers are out.

Fitment for the BMW i8 (2014-2020)

This kit is specified for the BMW i8 4WD, chassis code BM102-C, across the 2014 to 2020 production run. It is the cancellation-kit variant, meaning it is the correct part number for cars fitted with the factory electronic damping system that must be retired when the coilovers go in.

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This is a specialist build for a specialist car – check the amateur versus professional install path against your i8 and configure yours below.