XYZ Racing Gravel Rally Coilovers — Alfa Romeo GIULIA 952 4WD (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2016-2026

The Giulia 952 4WD leaves the factory on Alfa’s adaptive CDC dampers, and that electronic hardware is the first thing that has to go when you turn a Giorgio-platform saloon into a gravel car. The XYZ Racing Gravel Rally coilover for the Alfa Romeo Giulia 952 4WD replaces the standard struts outright, and the bundled cancellation kit for electronic damping keeps the dash warning lights quiet once the original CDC actuators are unplugged.

This is a gravel-stage and rallycross damper, not a fast-road lowering kit. Inverted-tube construction, long stroke and long springs give it the travel to soak up a broken surface at speed while still keeping the Q4 four-wheel-drive system planted when the front axle bites into a loose corner.

What this coilover does for your 2016-2026 Alfa Romeo Giulia 952 4WD

On gravel, the win is wheel control. The long stroke lets the suspension follow ruts, crests and compressions instead of skipping over them, so the Q4 driveline keeps finding traction where a short-travel tarmac kit would go light. The inverted-tube body resists flex over washboard and repeated heavy hits, holding damping consistent deep into a stage rather than fading as the surface deteriorates. Spring rates have been set by XYZ Racing’s rally team for exactly this, so the Giulia stays composed under the lateral G-force of a fast loose-surface turn without wallowing on the way in. The result is a car you can attack a rough road in, with the confidence to carry speed across surfaces that punish a road-biased setup.

About the Gravel Rally coilover

The Gravel Rally series is engineered specifically for rally and rallycross, where the road surface is the most aggressive in motorsport. XYZ Racing built it around an inverted-tube layout to cope with the full range of stage conditions, from sandstone and silt to snow. The long stroke and long-spring design exist to absorb constant chassis vibration, to stay in control when the car is launched off a high-speed bouncy road, and to carry extreme cornering loads without bottoming out. Every spring rate in the range has been validated by an active rally racing team rather than chosen on paper. It is a purpose-set competition damper for drivers running the Giulia 952 4WD on loose surfaces, where shock-absorber quality is the single biggest factor in stage pace.

Fitment for the Alfa Romeo Giulia 952 4WD (2016-2026)

This kit fits the Alfa Romeo Giulia 952 4WD (chassis AL13-C), 2016 to 2026, in Q4 all-wheel-drive form. It includes the cancellation kit for electronic damping, which is required to delete the factory CDC adaptive dampers without throwing a fault. Confirm your car runs the electronic damping system before ordering this variant.

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Choose your spring and ride-height options and build your Gravel Rally setup using the configurator below.