XYZ Racing Pro Rally Coilovers — Mercedes-Benz S CLASS W222 (NON MBC hydraulic or 4WD) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2014-2020

The W222 S-Class was engineered around Magic Body Control and air suspension, so swapping a 2,000kg luxury saloon onto coilovers is not a job you approach casually – the factory ride-height sensors and electronic damping signals need somewhere to go, which is exactly why this Pro Rally kit ships with the cancellation hardware to silence the dash and let the chassis settle on conventional springs.

For a 2014-2020 W222 owner who wants the rally-bred end of the XYZ Racing range – longer-travel damping built for broken surfaces rather than billiard-smooth circuits – this is the coilover that turns a tired air-sprung executive saloon into something with a fixed, predictable ride height and serviceable damper internals.

What this coilover does for your 2014-2020 Mercedes Benz S Class W222 (NON MBC hydraulic or 4WD)

The first thing you feel after fitting the Pro Rally to a W222 is honesty. The air-sprung car hides its mass behind clever software; coilovers put the weight back in your hands. With the cancellation kit wired in, the SBC warning light stays off and the chassis sits where you set it, every morning, regardless of compressor state or air-strut leak history. Long-travel damping soaks up motorway expansion joints and rough B-roads without the crash you get from short-stroke street kits being asked to control a heavy luxury saloon. Spring rates are matched to the W222’s 2-tonne kerb weight rather than borrowed from a lighter chassis, so body control under braking and lateral load is consistent instead of springy. For owners running these out of warranty – which by 2026 is most of them – it is also a practical answer to a £4,000-plus pair of failed front air struts.

About the Pro Rally coilover

Pro Rally sits in the long-travel, rebuildable end of the XYZ Racing line-up. Construction is a full coilover assembly with separate spring and damper, not a strut-and-spring conversion, which means the damping curve is set for the spring rate rather than fighting it. Ride height is adjusted on the lower mount so spring preload stays independent of stance – important on a heavy car where compressing the spring to drop the ride height would otherwise destroy the damping window. The dampers are serviceable rather than sealed: shims, seals and oil can be refreshed instead of binning the whole unit when they fade. For the W222, the kit includes the electronic damping cancellation module so the car’s ECU stops looking for AIRMATIC or ADS signals that no longer exist. Damping adjustment is provided so the same kit can be set softer for road use and firmer for loaded or spirited driving without changing hardware.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz S CLASS W222 (NON MBC hydraulic or 4WD) (2014-2020)

This kit is specific to the W222 chassis built from 2014 to 2020, fitted to cars that left the factory on AIRMATIC air suspension only – not Magic Body Control hydraulic, and not the 4MATIC all-wheel-drive variants, both of which use different strut geometry and signal architecture. The included cancellation kit addresses the electronic damping fault codes that would otherwise appear once the original struts are unplugged. Confirm your car against the chassis code ME63-C before ordering.

What buyers also search for

• Mercedes W222 coilover conversion from AIRMATIC for cars out of warranty
• W222 S-Class suspension upgrade with adjustable ride height and fixed damping
• Mercedes S-Class long-travel coilover for UK road surfaces rather than circuit use
• W222 electronic damping cancellation kit bundled with the coilover hardware
• Pro Rally damping for heavy executive saloons running on conventional springs

Configure your Pro Rally spec for the W222 below – spring rates, top mounts and damping options are all selectable.