XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Chevrolet CRUZE 2016-2026

The second-generation Cruze sits on a stiffer body-in-white than the J300 it replaced, but GM still tuned the OE dampers for soft compliance and long travel – the kind of setup that pitches under braking and rolls noticeably when you start asking real questions of the front end. The Super Sport coilover gives the CH02-1 chassis the body control it has always lacked, without turning the daily commute into a chore.

For owners running the 1.4 turbo or the diesel variants who want sharper turn-in and a measurable drop without resorting to lowering springs on tired struts, this is the fast-road answer. It is a full damper-and-spring package, not a half-measure.

What this coilover does for your 2016-2026 Chevrolet Cruze

Ride height comes down across all four corners, with independent adjustment so you can correct the Cruze’s slight nose-up factory rake or run a level stance. The 36-way damping dial lets you soften things off for the school run and the motorway slog, then firm everything up before a B-road blast or a track day at Cadwell. Body roll through quicker direction changes drops sharply – the CH02-1’s torsion-beam rear in particular benefits from properly controlled rebound, where the OE damper gives up early and lets the inside rear unload. Braking stability into a corner improves because the front end stops diving onto its bump stops. The car feels more planted, more deliberate, and the steering loads up the way the chassis always suggested it could.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s fast-road and weekend-track damper – built around a 36-way adjustable damping circuit that addresses bump and rebound together on a single knob per corner. Ride height adjusts independently of spring preload, which is the correct way to do it: you set your stance without binding the spring or losing usable damper stroke. The valving has been developed specifically to absorb the kind of broken tarmac and expansion joints UK roads throw at a car, rather than the glass-smooth circuits that some race-only dampers assume. That makes it genuinely usable as a daily setup, while still having the range to be wound up for a weekend track session and wound back down on the drive home. Construction is the standard XYZ Racing twin-tube hardware – serviceable, rebuildable, and built around spring rates chosen for the Cruze’s weight and weight distribution rather than a one-rate-fits-all approach.

Fitment for the Chevrolet Cruze (2016-2026)

This kit is specified for the second-generation Chevrolet Cruze (chassis CH02-1), covering the 2016 through 2026 model years. Fitment is confirmed for the saloon and hatchback bodies on this platform.

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Pick your spring rates, top-mount option and ride-height target in the configurator below.