XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Mini COOPER (R57) 2006-2013

The R57 Mini Cooper convertible carries a meaningful weight penalty over its R56 hatchback sibling – the reinforced sill structure and folding soft-top mechanism push the kerb weight up by roughly 100kg, and that extra mass makes itself felt in corners. The standard suspension, tuned with compliance firmly in mind, can feel vague and unsettled when you press on, whether on a fast B-road or a track day circuit.

The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilovers for the Mini Cooper R57 address that compromised balance directly. Ride height is fully adjustable, 36-way damping means you can tighten the setup for a Sunday morning blast or ease it back without returning the car to a workshop, and the result is a coilover that earns its place on both a daily commute and a weekend track session.

What this coilover does for your 2006-2013 Mini Cooper (R57)

The R57’s MacPherson front struts and rear multi-link geometry respond well to properly sprung coilovers – the factory units leave a lot of body roll and nose dive on the table. With the Super Sport fitted, body control through fast corners improves noticeably, and the additional structural stiffness built into the convertible’s reinforced sill architecture actually works in your favour once the suspension is set up to exploit it. The 36 damping positions give granular control over how the car moves under braking, turn-in, and exit – which matters on a car that can feel slightly nose-heavy in Cooper S trim, where the extra roof mechanism weight over the front axle compounds the natural front-bias of a transverse-engined FWD layout.

About the Super Sport

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s fast-road and light-track coilover, designed to work across a wide range of road surfaces without sacrificing adjustability. Central to the design is a 36-way damping adjustment system – enough range to span comfortable motorway cruising at one end and firm, body-control-focused track settings at the other. Ride height adjusts independently of the damping, so stance and spring preload can be optimised as separate variables rather than forced into a single compromise. XYZ positions this series explicitly for both daily driving and weekend circuit use, meaning the construction targets surface-irregularity absorption as well as performance – on a soft-top body that flexes more than a hardtop equivalent, that balance in damper design is a genuine consideration rather than a marketing footnote.

Fitment for the Mini Cooper (R57) (2006-2013)

These coilovers are built for the Mini Cooper R57 convertible platform across the full production run from 2006 to 2013. The R57 chassis code covers both the naturally aspirated Cooper and the turbocharged Cooper S variants within this generation. Confirm your build date falls within the 2006-2013 window before ordering.

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