XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi R8 4WD 2007-2014

The Audi R8 4WD’s mid-engine quattro layout is unusual for a road-going supercar: the engine sits low and central behind the cabin, and permanent all-wheel drive spreads that mass through all four contact patches instead of loading the rear axle alone. It’s part of why the R8 is so forgiving near the limit, but the factory set-up is tuned for grand-touring comfort rather than a trackday, and the aluminium Audi Space Frame construction rewards a damper that can control body movement without turning brittle on a typical UK B-road.

XYZ Racing’s Super Sport kit is built for that gap between fast-road usability and weekend track control on the R8 4WD. It’s a height-adjustable, 36-way damping-adjustable coilover set-up designed to go from a motorway commute to a circuit session without swapping parts in between.

What this coilover does for your 2007-2014 Audi R8 4WD

Dropping the ride height lowers the centre of gravity on a car whose mass is already sitting low and central, sharpening turn-in without upsetting the balance quattro AWD relies on. The 36-way damping adjustment lets you firm up compression and rebound for a track session, then wind it back for the drive home, which matters on a car people genuinely use on the road as well as at the circuit. Better body control through direction changes keeps the mid-mounted engine mass settled rather than letting it pitch and roll across the aluminium spaceframe, so the quattro system has a more consistent platform to put power down from. Firmer damping also cuts down on the squat and dive that can mask how quickly this all-wheel-drive supercar actually changes direction.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport damper is XYZ Racing’s answer to a common coilover complaint: harshness over broken tarmac. Ride height and damping are both adjustable, with 36 distinct damping settings giving a wide spread between a compliant road setting and a firmer track one, rather than forcing a single fixed rate. That range means the same kit can be set up to suit a rough B-road one weekend and a smooth circuit surface the next, without the discomfort that comes from a compression-heavy setup left in place all the time. It’s built as a dual-purpose part from the start – weekend race use and daily driving on the same set of dampers – rather than a track-only unit that gets swapped out for anything else.

Fitment for the Audi R8 4WD (2007-2014)

This kit is specified for the Audi R8 4WD, chassis code AU44, covering the 2007 to 2014 production run. It’s built around the quattro all-wheel-drive layout of this generation, so confirm your car is the 4WD AU44 R8 before ordering rather than a later or different-drivetrain variant.

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