XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Audi A5 B8 CONVERTIBLE 4WD (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2009-2016

The B8 A5 Convertible carries a chassis-stiffening penalty the Coupe never had to pay, and the quattro driveline plus folding-roof reinforcement loads the front axle hard on turn-in. The XYZ Racing Top Sport coilover is built for owners who want that nose to settle and rotate rather than wash wide, without giving up the long-distance composure a B8 cabriolet is bought for in the first place.

This is the variant supplied with the cancellation kit for Audi’s electronic damping (magnetic ride / CDC), so the OE struts come out cleanly and the dash error is suppressed at the loom. You get a manually adjustable platform on a car the factory locked behind software, which is the entire point.

What this coilover does for your 2009-2016 Audi A5 B8 Convertible 4WD

Damping is stiffened roughly 30-50% over street settings and spring rates run around 2kg/mm firmer than a comfort coilover, so the body stops pattering over mid-corner ripples and starts loading the contact patch instead of bouncing off it. On a convertible chassis that flexes more than the Coupe, that translates into a measurably calmer turn-in and a front end that finally tracks where you point it. Brake stability improves because the nose no longer dives onto the bump-stops under hard pedal application. Ride-height is set per corner, so the rake can be tuned out of the factory’s slightly nose-up stance without resorting to spacers. The cancellation kit means no dashboard warning, no resistor-pack workaround, and no fight with the MMI on every start-up.

About the Top Sport coilover

The Top Sport sits in XYZ Racing’s range as the genuine dual-purpose option – all settings are drawn from XYZ’s own Top Sport racing programme, then dialled back to leave headroom for road use. Spring rates and damping curves are pitched to absorb the shock of bigger bumps rather than skim over them, which is what keeps tyre traction up when the surface gets uneven mid-corner. The construction is built around suppressing body shock under load, so vehicle stability holds even when the road is doing its best to upset it. XYZ position the Top Sport explicitly for track days and aggressive driving while remaining tolerable on the daily commute, which is the brief most B8 A5 Convertible owners actually have.

Fitment for the Audi A5 B8 Convertible 4WD (2009-2016)

This kit fits the B8 A5 Convertible in 4WD (quattro) form across the 2009 to 2016 production run, chassis code AU26-C. It ships with the cancellation kit required for cars factory-fitted with Audi’s electronic damping system, so the OE adaptive struts are replaced and the warning suppressed at installation.

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