XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Mercedes-Benz SLS 2009-2014

The Mercedes SLS AMG is a 1,620kg front-mid-engined GT with a hand-built 6.2-litre M159 V8 pushing the front axle harder than its silhouette suggests. Owners who actually drive these cars know the factory ABC-equivalent damping was tuned for autobahn composure first, circuit precision second – which is exactly the gap the XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover is designed to close on the 2009-2014 ME30 chassis.

Drop in this kit and the long wheelbase finally translates that 571bhp into rotation you can steer with the throttle, rather than mass you have to bully through an apex. It is a fast-road set-up with enough adjustment range to take a Goodwood track day in its stride without needing a corner-weight session every Sunday morning.

What this coilover does for your 2009-2014 Mercedes Benz SLS

Ride height drops cleanly to close the fender gap that has always made the standard SLS look a touch under-wheeled, and the chassis takes on a flatter attitude through quick direction changes. The 30-level damping adjustment is the workable part here – soft enough at the road end of the dial to live with Britain’s worst B-road surfaces, firm enough at the other end to keep the nose tied down under heavy trail braking into a downhill right-hander. Body control through fast sweepers improves noticeably, and the gullwing’s tendency to load up its outside front under sustained lateral g is replaced with something a lot more linear. Spring rates have been chosen to suit the SLS’s heavy front-end bias, so you keep usable bump compliance instead of getting the wooden, skipping feel that under-sprung aftermarket kits give a car this heavy.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport sits in XYZ Racing’s fast-road and occasional-track tier, built around a monotube damper body with a separate spring perch for independent ride-height adjustment. Damping is handled by a 30-position click adjuster on the top of each unit, controlling rebound with a complementary bump curve so you are not fighting two dials per corner. The piston design and oil volume are sized for repeat heat cycles, which matters on a 1.6-tonne car that puts real energy through its suspension on every braking zone. Camber plates are included at the front, giving you the static negative camber the SLS needs to load the outside front tyre properly on turn-in. Construction is shot-blasted and zinc-plated to deal with British winters, and every kit is built around vehicle-specific spring rates rather than a generic chart pulled from a catalogue.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz SLS (2009-2014)

This kit is built specifically for the ME30 chassis SLS, covering the 2009 through 2014 production run. That spans the original SLS AMG Coupe and Roadster up to the final GT-spec cars before the AMG GT replaced the platform. Confirm your chassis prefix matches ME30 before ordering.

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Configure your spring rates, damping preference and ride height below to build the exact spec for your SLS.