XYZ Racing Pro Racing Drift Spec Coilovers — Mercedes-Benz CLS C218 4/6 CYL (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2011-2018

The C218 CLS came from the factory riding on Mercedes’ electronic air/damping control, a system built around comfort-biased touring, not the sustained slip angles of competitive drift work. This Pro Racing Drift Spec kit strips that layer out entirely, replacing it with a mechanical, manually adjustable coilover set-up designed around one job: holding the big four-door’s body composed while you hold it sideways.

Fitted to the ME20-1-C chassis code across both 4 and 6-cylinder CLS variants from 2011 to 2018, the kit includes the cancellation hardware needed to remove the OE electronic damping without triggering fault codes or leaving the car in limp-mode limbo. From there, it’s a proper mechanical platform underneath a large, heavy saloon-coupe that most drift builders wouldn’t normally consider – until the chassis is sorted.

What this coilover brings to your 2011-2018 Mercedes Benz CLS C218 4/6 CYL (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping)

Drop the ride height with the correct bump stroke set and the CLS’s body control through a committed drift entry changes completely – less roll, a flatter transition as you load the outside tyre, and a chassis that holds its line while you manage the throttle rather than fighting weight transfer. The 3-knob adjustment layout lets you separate compression and rebound response, so you can soften the initial hit over kerbs and mid-corner bumps while keeping the rear planted enough to catch and hold an angle. Because the OE electronic damping is fully cancelled rather than worked around, there’s no ECU fighting your settings mid-slide – what you dial in at the knob is what the car does. On a platform this size and this heavy at the nose, that predictability matters more than outright stiffness; you’re managing momentum, not just grip.

About the Pro Racing Drift Spec

This is a coilover built specifically for drift use rather than adapted from a circuit-lap product. The internal layout is aimed at keeping the body stable through high-speed direction changes, so the car holds a clean, controllable angle instead of snapping or wallowing as weight shifts. Once ride height is set with the correct bump stroke, the difference in how the rear responds to steering and throttle input becomes obvious – it’s the detail XYZ Racing points to as the reason this kit controls a drift car properly rather than just lowering it. The 3 adjustment knobs work through a small-oil-hole internal design; on rough sections or repeated big hits you may hear a faint noise from oil moving through that passage. That’s a normal characteristic of the valving, not a fault. The kit is built for circuit and track environments specifically, so bump-induced noise of this kind is an expected part of how it performs rather than something to flag as an issue.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz CLS C218 4/6 CYL (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) (2011-2018)

Confirmed for the C218-generation CLS, chassis code ME20-1-C, across 4 and 6-cylinder engine variants built between 2011 and 2018. This is the cancellation-kit version, meaning it’s specified for cars fitted with Mercedes’ factory electronic damping control rather than a standard passive set-up – check your car’s OE suspension type against this before ordering.

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Built to take the CLS C218 from electronically-damped cruiser to a chassis you can actually drift with intent – configure yours below.