XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Audi A5 B8 CONVERTIBLE 4WD (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2009-2016

The B8 A5 Convertible carries its quattro driveline over the front axle and a folding soft-top over the rear, so it sits heavier and looser than the coupe it shares a platform with. Audi’s factory electronic dampers smooth that over on paper, but they hand you no say over rebound or compression once the road tightens. The XYZ Racing Street Advanced coilover for the Audi A5 B8 Convertible 4WD swaps that closed system for a fully adjustable one, and the kit ships with the cancellation hardware that keeps the dash from logging a fault when the OEM units come off.

This is the road-biased choice in the range, built for owners who want a firmer, lower, better-controlled car that still copes with a daily motorway run. Ride height and damping both sit in your hands, so you set the balance rather than accept the factory tune.

What this coilover kit does for your 2009-2016 Audi A5 B8 Convertible

Drop the ride height and the B8’s tall, soft standard stance tightens up at once, which matters on a convertible that already battles a little scuttle shake over broken surfaces. The 720 damping settings let you run a supple rebound rate for everyday use and wind in firmer control for a B-road or track day without changing the springs. Because the front axle carries the engine and the quattro hardware, you can bias front damping to settle the nose under braking and trail it into a corner with less push. Body roll falls, turn-in sharpens, and the car stops floating over crests the way the adaptive setup tends to. Lowering also closes the arch gap that the Convertible’s higher kerb weight exaggerates.

About the Street Advanced coilover

Street Advanced is XYZ Racing’s most popular damper and the product its engineering team has spent the longest refining. It is built around 720 levels of damping adjustment, so a single knob per corner moves the car from compliant road setup to firmer track control without specialist tools. XYZ developed and validated the platform through years of competition use across international race series before signing it off for street sale. The remit is deliberately dual-purpose: normal road driving for most of its life, with enough adjustment range to take on the occasional track day. For a heavy 4WD convertible like the B8 A5, that breadth is the whole point, since the same car has to soak up rough tarmac and then hold a line when you lean on it.

Fitment for the Audi A5 B8 Convertible (2009-2016)

This kit is cut for the B8-generation A5 Convertible (chassis AU26-C) in 4WD quattro form, covering the 2009 to 2016 model years. It is the version specified for cars fitted with Audi’s electronic damping, and it includes the cancellation kit needed to disable that system cleanly. Confirm your car is the quattro Convertible rather than the coupe or Sportback before ordering.

What buyers also search for

• Audi A5 B8 Convertible coilover upgrade for owners replacing tired or electronic factory dampers
• Audi A5 B8 quattro suspension that lowers the stance without wrecking daily ride comfort
• Street Advanced 720-way damping for the A5 Convertible, set soft for the commute and firm for track days
• Audi A5 B8 electronic damping cancellation kit included for a clean, fault-free conversion

Set your ride height and damping target, then configure your Street Advanced kit below.