XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi Q8 4WD (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2019-2026

The Audi Q8 leaves the factory on adaptive air suspension that prioritises refinement over response, and once you start chasing a sharper turn-in or a lower stance, that electronic damping system becomes the obstacle. This XYZ Racing Super Sport kit replaces the air struts entirely and arrives with the cancellation hardware needed to keep the dash quiet about it.

For a 2.2-tonne SUV on a long wheelbase, the Super Sport’s 36-way damping range is the right answer: enough firmness to settle the body in fast direction changes, enough compliance left in the softer clicks to make the school run bearable. It is a fast-road coilover with a track-day setting built in, not the other way round.

What this coilover does for your 2019-2026 Audi Q8 4WD (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping)

Swapping out the factory air system gives you a fixed ride-height platform that does not sag overnight, does not fault at the temperature extremes air struts dislike, and does not need a £2k strut to fix a £20 valve. Body roll through fast B-road corners drops noticeably as you wind the damping firmer, and the nose stays planted under heavy braking from motorway speeds – a real benefit on a car this heavy. The included cancellation kit prevents the MMI throwing suspension warnings once the air sensors are gone, so the dash stays clean. Ride height is fully adjustable, meaning you can sit the Q8 over its 21- or 22-inch wheels with the gap closed up, or raise it back to OE-equivalent for kerbs and speed bumps.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s fast-road-with-trackday-capability damper, engineered to soak up rough surfaces while still rewarding harder driving. Damping is independently adjustable across 36 detented clicks at each corner, letting you bias the car softer at the rear for stability, firmer at the front for response, or matched all round for a settled motorway gait. Ride height adjusts via threaded lower mounts rather than spring perches, so corner weights stay consistent as you drop the car. The damper internals are tuned for the dual life this kit expects – a commute on Monday, a Cadwell trackday on Saturday – and the build is rated for both. For a heavy 4WD platform like the Q8, that broad usable range matters more than a narrow track-only window would.

Fitment for the Audi Q8 (2019-2026)

This kit is specific to the AU59-C chassis Q8 4WD, model years 2019 through 2026, and includes the electronic damping cancellation module required to delete the factory air suspension cleanly. It is the correct part number for the standard Q8 4WD platform – not the SQ8 or RS Q8 variants, which use different strut mounts and load ratings.

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Build your Super Sport spec for the Q8 in the configurator below – pick your ride-height range, damping preference, and any optional upgrades from there.