XYZ Racing Racing Spec Coilovers — BMW 5 SERIES E60 M5 (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2005-2010

The E60 M5 is a 1,855kg saloon with a 5.0-litre V10 over the front axle and an SMG-III gearbox routing 507bhp to the rear wheels. It is also a car BMW built around its Electronic Damping Control system, which means that the moment you fit fixed-rate motorsport dampers, the factory ECU starts throwing fault codes and the car defaults to its harshest map. This kit solves both problems in one go: a Racing Spec damper set developed in WTCC competition, plus the cancellation module that lets the M5’s ECU stop hunting for an EDC signal that is no longer there.

For an owner taking an E60 M5 to circuit days at Cadwell, Donington or the Nordschleife, this is the suspension brief: kill the body roll the EDC system was always trying to mask, plant the front axle on turn-in so the V10’s mass stops dictating the line, and give the rear enough damper authority to handle the LSD’s behaviour under power out of slow corners.

What this coilover does for your 2005-2010 Bmw 5 Series E60 M5 (cancellation Kit For Electronic Damping)

The Racing Spec damper is the point at which the E60 M5 stops feeling like a fast executive saloon and starts behaving like a heavy GT racer. Front-end response sharpens immediately because the chassis is no longer waiting for the EDC system to pick a map mid-corner. Body control on long, loaded turns – the kind that exposed the standard car’s mass – tightens up, and the rear axle stops floating between damper modes when you trail-brake into a slow hairpin. Spring and damping rates are set for circuit ride heights, so the car sits with proper rake and the geometry actually works the tyre contact patch under load. The included cancellation kit means no dash warning lights, no limp behaviour, and no ECU drama when you turn the key the morning after a track day.

About the Racing Spec coilover

Racing Spec is XYZ’s circuit-only damper, and the company is open about where its baseline came from: direct participation in the World Touring Car Championship, with settings fed back from racing programmes rather than tuned on a road-going chassis dyno. Construction is built for the heat cycles and load duty of a full race weekend rather than the comfort window of a fast-road kit. Spring rates run significantly stiffer than the Super Sport tier, and damping is calibrated for a car running on slicks or semi-slicks at aggressive negative camber. For owners running heavily modified M5s – aero, big brakes, A-class category cars – XYZ will build custom shock absorbers to a brief: send through the spec of the car and the circuit it will run, and the damper internals can be reworked accordingly. The EDC cancellation kit is supplied in the box and addresses the BM42-C chassis specifically.

Fitment for the Bmw 5 Series E60 M5 (cancellation Kit For Electronic Damping) (2005-2010)

This kit fits the BM42-C chassis – the E60-generation M5 saloon, 2005 through 2010, factory-equipped with Electronic Damping Control. The cancellation module is included, so no separate EDC delete is required. Touring (E61) M5 owners should confirm their chassis code before ordering as the rear architecture differs.

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Pick your spring rate, damper preference and ride-height brief in the configurator below.