Audi A5 B8 CONVERTIBLE (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2009-2016 — Coilovers

Specify a B8 A5 Cabriolet with Audi’s electronic adjustable damping and the factory tune leans hard toward comfort – sensible for a heavy, open-top GT, less so once you want the front axle to actually bite. Strip the roof out of any coupe and the shell loses torsional stiffness; the B8 Convertible carries extra floor bracing and kerb weight to compensate, which is exactly why its standard damping feels floaty over quick direction changes.

This XYZ Racing coilover package for the 2009-2016 Audi A5 B8 Convertible is the version built for cars running factory electronic dampers. It ships with the cancellation kit that spoofs the adaptive-damper circuit, so swapping to height-adjustable coilovers doesn’t throw a suspension warning on the dash. Pick the spec to suit the job, from fast road through to full circuit, and keep the instrument cluster clean.

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

Drop the ride height and you close the wheel-arch gap that makes a standard A5 Cabriolet sit tall, then firm up the body control its soft factory springs give away over crests and broken B-roads. On a nose-heavy, front-biased platform like the B8, more disciplined front damping is what trims the lazy initial understeer and gets the car turning on throttle rather than washing wide. Height adjustment lets you corner-balance a body that carries its convertible bracing low and forward, useful when the rear feels light under braking. Because the cancellation kit handles the electronic damping signal, you get all of that without the adaptive-suspension fault light, and Drive Select keeps switching modes without complaint.

About the XYZ Racing coilover range

XYZ Racing builds this as a full coilover system, not a lowering spring, so spring rate, ride height and platform geometry are set by you rather than dictated by a one-size shock. For the B8 A5 Convertible the range runs across six tunes: Super Sport for fast-road use, Top Sport for track days, Racing Spec and Circuit Master for serious circuit work, Tarmac Rally for rough-surface stage pace, and Drift Spec for high-angle rear-end work. Each shares the same height-adjustable threaded body and the electronic damping cancellation hardware that lets the kit replace Audi’s adaptive dampers cleanly. The softer-sprung tunes keep the cabriolet civil enough for daily use; the circuit-focused specs trade compliance for the body control a heavy open-top chassis needs when it’s loaded up mid-corner.

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

This kit is specified for the B8-generation Audi A5 Convertible, internal chassis reference AU25-C, across the 2009 to 2016 model years. It is the variant for cars originally fitted with Audi’s electronic adjustable damping – the included cancellation kit is what makes it the correct choice over the standard coilover listing. Confirm your car left the factory with adaptive dampers before ordering this version.

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Choose the tune that matches how you drive your A5 B8 Convertible and configure yours below.