XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Volkswagen GOLF MK7 Φ55 (Rear Multi-Link Suspension) Modified Rear Integrated 2012-2020

The Golf Mk7’s multi-link rear axle – reserved for the higher-output cars in the range rather than the torsion-beam set-up on lower-spec models – gives the rear wheels genuine independent control, but only if the dampers holding it together are up to the job. XYZ Racing’s Super Sport coilover replaces the factory struts front and rear with a fully height-adjustable, 36-way damping-adjustable set-up built around that Φ55 strut architecture, aimed at owners who split their time between the daily commute and a fast-road or weekend track session.

Where the standard suspension compromises for comfort across every UK B-road and speed bump, this kit lets you separate ride height from damping response, so the Golf’s nose stays settled under trail-braking and the multi-link rear keeps tracking through mid-corner load transfer instead of skipping over broken tarmac.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Volkswagen Golf Mk7

Drop the ride height and you immediately cut the amount of body roll the Mk7’s multi-link rear axle has to manage mid-corner, which matters on a chassis that already rewards a flatter platform. The 36-way damping adjustment means you’re not locked into one compromise – wind it up for a trackday on a smooth circuit surface, or back it off for the pockmarked A-roads most Golfs actually live on. Because ride height and damping adjust independently of each other, you can firm up body control without dragging the car’s stance or everyday ride quality along for the ride over expansion joints and drain covers. The result on a modified Mk7 running more power than standard is a rear axle that stays loaded and communicative under trail-braking, instead of skating wide the way a tired factory strut does once it’s given real B-road punishment.

About the Super Sport coilover

XYZ Racing built the Super Sport line to solve the specific complaint owners have with lowered, daily-driven cars: the harshness over bumps and rough tarmac that a stiffer, cheaper coilover can’t get away from. Each damper carries 36 stages of damping adjustment, giving a genuinely wide spread between a compliant road setting and a firmer track one, rather than a handful of clicks either side of a fixed valve. Ride height adjusts independently of that damping range, so you can set the Golf’s stance without the compromises that come from a fixed-rate spring perch. It’s a damper built for a car doing double duty – coping with everyday UK roads through the week and a fast-road or weekend track session at the weekend, on the same set of parts.

Fitment for the Volkswagen GOLF MK7 Φ55 (Rr Multi-Link Suspension) Modified Rr Integrated (2012-2020)

This kit is specced for the Volkswagen Golf Mk7 built between 2012 and 2020, matched to cars fitted with the Φ55 rear multi-link suspension rather than the torsion-beam rear used on lower-spec Golfs – chassis code VO20-4 in our fitment system. Confirm your Golf sits within that build window and carries the multi-link rear axle before ordering, since the front and rear geometry differs from the torsion-beam cars.

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Pick the spec built for your Golf Mk7’s multi-link rear axle and configure yours below.