XYZ Racing Pro Rally Coilovers — Cadillac CTS II (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2008-2014

Stage rally on a CTS II is a specific kind of madness. The second-generation CTS is a big, square-jawed saloon with a long bonnet, a heavy nose, and a chassis originally tuned for boulevard composure on the Nürburgring’s billiard-smooth tarmac – not for landing a 1,700kg American sports saloon onto a rutted Welsh forest stage at 80mph. The Pro Rally coilover exists for crews willing to commit a CTS II to gravel and snow surfaces and run it in anger.

This is the professional-installation variant in the Pro Rally family, supplied with the cancellation kit for the factory Magnetic Ride electronic damping. The car’s body needs modification to accept it. In return you get a suspension built for top-flight rally competition rather than a bolt-in fast-road compromise.

What this coilover does for your 2008-2014 Cadillac CTS II

On gravel and snow, the geometry of a road-tuned damper runs out of travel and runs out of patience inside the first stage. The Pro Rally answers that by being engineered around competition-spec stroke length, rebound control, and bump absorption for loose surfaces rather than circuit tarmac. Wheel articulation over crests and through compressions becomes something you can lean on instead of brace for. The cancellation kit removes the factory Magnetic Ride electronics cleanly, so the ECU stops throwing warnings at the dash and the car runs on pure mechanical damping the way a rally car should. Combined with the CTS’s wide track and long wheelbase, the result is a saloon that will hold a committed line through fast sweepers and still soak up the cratered braking zones that punish a road-spec setup.

About the Pro Rally coilover

XYZ Racing build the Pro Rally for two installation philosophies. The amateur-type kit bolts to the original chassis untouched. This SKU is the professional type – designed to be fitted after the car body has been modified to accept it, which is how serious crews build a competition car rather than a fast road hack. Construction is geared to gravel and snow rally use specifically, with damping characteristics and stroke designed for loose-surface impact loads, not circuit work. Pair that with the supplied cancellation harness for the CTS’s Magnetic Ride system and the car loses the factory’s electronic interference completely. Spring rates, valving, and ride height are set up for stage competition rather than ride-quality compromise, so this is a kit you commit to – not one you slip onto a daily driver.

Fitment for the Cadillac CTS II (2008-2014)

This kit is built specifically for the CTS II chassis (CA02-C designation), 2008 through 2014 model years, and is the cancellation-kit variant – meaning it is intended for cars equipped from factory with the Magnetic Ride electronic damping system that needs to be bypassed. Professional installation type: the car body requires modification before fitting.

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This is competition kit for a competition build – configure yours below.