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

The B8 A5 Cabriolet carries its longitudinal engine ahead of the front axle, and the convertible bodyshell adds folding-roof hardware and extra structural bracing that load still more mass over the nose. The XYZ Racing Street Advanced coilover for the Audi A5 B8 Convertible is built to take charge of that front-led balance for fast-road use, without turning the car brittle in the process.

Street Advanced sits at the comfort-biased end of the XYZ range: height-adjustable and damper-adjustable, so you can lose the slightly tall factory ride height and still keep a setup your passengers will tolerate on a B-road. It ships with a cancellation kit for the electronic damping, so pulling the original adaptive struts won’t leave a fault warning lit on the dash.

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

Lowering a nose-heavy Cabriolet tightens the front end and trims the body roll the soft factory setup allows, so turn-in sharpens and the steering loads up more honestly through a corner. The 720 ways of damping adjustment let you run a softer setting for the commute and firm things up for a track day without ever changing the springs. Tighter control over the front axle also calms the scuttle shake these open-top cars are prone to, while a lower centre of gravity steadies the car under braking. Set the ride height to suit your wheel and tyre package and the A5’s long bonnet finally sits over a flush stance.

About the Street Advanced coilover

The Street Advanced is XYZ Racing’s most popular kit, refined over years by the company’s engineering team and informed by data from international race programmes. It is built specifically for normal road use with the occasional track day in mind, sitting below the firmer circuit-focused kits in the range. Its headline feature is 720 ways of combined damping adjustment, giving a genuinely wide spread between supple street compliance and tighter on-track body control from a single set of dampers. Ride height adjusts independently of damping, so corner balance and stance can be dialled without changing how the car rides. For owners who want both pace and composure from a fast-road A5, it covers most of what the platform asks for.

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

This kit is matched to the B8 A5 Cabriolet, chassis code AU25-C, across the 2009 to 2016 production run. It includes the cancellation kit needed when the car left the factory with Audi’s electronic damping, so the adaptive system can be removed without throwing a dash error.

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• Audi A5 B8 Convertible coilover upgrade for road use with adjustable comfort
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• Audi A5 B8 height-adjustable coilovers to drop the tall factory stance
• Street Advanced damping that switches from daily commute to track day
• Audi A5 B8 Convertible suspension that sharpens turn-in without harshness

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