XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — BMW 5 SERIES E39 4/6 CYL excl. Wagon 1995-2003

The E39 5 Series carries its weight low and long, a nose-heavy saloon built around inline-six and V8 engines that load the front axle hard under braking and lean on soft factory bushings through anything faster than a roundabout. Twenty-plus years on, those standard springs and dampers have usually gone slack, turning what should be a planted, confidence-inspiring chassis into something vague at turn-in and wallowy over a B-road. The XYZ Racing Street Advanced coilover for the BM22-generation 5 Series (1995-2003, 4 and 6-cylinder saloons, Touring excluded) is built to put that precision back without turning a daily-driven executive car into a stripped-out track toy.

Street Advanced sits at the road-first end of XYZ’s coilover range: enough adjustment to tighten the E39 up for the occasional circuit day, enough range to soften it straight back down for a motorway commute the next morning.

What this coilover does for your 1995-2003 Bmw 5 Series

Height adjustment lets you correct the E39’s nose-down stance and drop the centre of gravity without resorting to cut springs, which on a car this size matters for keeping the front tyres loaded evenly through a fast direction change. The 720-way damping adjustment gives a genuinely usable spread between a comfortable, motorway-friendly setting for the daily commute and a firmer setup that controls the body roll a long-wheelbase saloon like the E39 naturally carries into a corner. Sharper damping control also reins in front-end dive under braking and rear squat on the six and eight-cylinder cars, so the chassis stays flatter and more predictable when you’re pushing on. For an E39 that’s covered a lot of miles on tired standard suspension, the difference shows up first in turn-in response and second in how settled the car feels changing direction at speed.

About the Street Advanced coilover

Street Advanced is one of the longest-running products in the XYZ Racing catalogue, refined over years of development by XYZ’s in-house engineering team and shaped by entries in races around the world rather than built to a spec sheet alone. It’s positioned as the kit for owners who want one set of coilovers to cover normal road use and the odd track day, rather than a dedicated circuit-only setup. The headline feature is 720-way damping adjustment, giving a wide enough band to move between a compliant road setting and a noticeably firmer track-day configuration without swapping parts. XYZ describes it as essential kit for drivers who want both pace and control, and on a heavier saloon platform like the E39 that combination of adjustability and everyday usability is the point of the design.

Fitment for the Bmw 5 Series (1995-2003)

This kit is built for the BM22-code 5 Series produced from 1995 to 2003, covering the 4-cylinder and 6-cylinder saloon variants. Touring (estate) models are excluded from this fitment, so confirm your car is a saloon before ordering. Check your specific engine variant against the configurator below to make sure you’re selecting the correct spec for your car.

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Pick the spec that matches your E39’s engine and configure your Street Advanced coilovers below.