XYZ Racing Racing Spec Coilovers — BMW 6 SERIES F06 (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2011-2018

The F06 Gran Coupé is a heavy car – well north of 1,900kg with a driver in it – riding on a long wheelbase that hides its mass beautifully on the road and exposes it ruthlessly on a circuit. Strip out the factory’s adaptive damping, and you also strip out the software that has been quietly papering over body roll, lazy turn-in and the four-door’s tendency to take a set late through long, loaded corners. That is where the Racing Spec coilover earns its keep: a fixed-purpose track damper developed against the same brief that XYZ Racing’s WTCC programme runs against, with the F06-specific cancellation kit that stops the car throwing EDC faults at the dash the moment you unplug the OE struts.

This is not the kit to fit if you also want a comfortable commute. The Racing Spec is built for serious track and time-attack use on the 640i, 640d and 650i F06, and the supplied cancellation harness means the swap is plug-and-play on the electronic-damping cars without dealer coding.

What this coilover does for your 2011-2018 Bmw 6 SERIES F06 (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping)

Body control is the headline change. With the adaptive struts gone and a properly rated track damper bolted in, the long F06 nose stops floating into compressions and the rear axle stops squatting under power out of slow corners – the car feels shorter than it is, which is exactly what an F06 needs on a tight circuit. Turn-in sharpens because the front damper is now actually controlling spring movement instead of the OE EDC’s softest map. Braking confidence climbs with it: the nose dives less, the rear stays planted, and you can trail-brake into a fast entry without the chassis going light over the rear axle. Ride height drops to a sensible track stance, and the cancellation kit means no warning lights, no limp mode, no chasing a fault code between sessions.

About the Racing Spec coilover

The Racing Spec is XYZ Racing’s circuit-only damper, and the settings inside it have been developed directly from racing programmes including WTCC rather than reverse-engineered from a road kit. Construction is built around repeated heat cycles and the duty cycle of a full track day rather than the occasional B-road blast. Because the brief is racing rather than compromise, XYZ will also build the Racing Spec as a bespoke shock absorber for cars running aggressive mechanical upgrades or specific A-class race regulations – you supply the spec sheet for the car and the circuit it will run, and the dampers are valved to suit. The F06 variant ships with the cancellation harness needed to defeat the factory Electronic Damping Control system, which is the only honest way to fit a fixed-rate coilover to an EDC car.

Fitment for the Bmw 6 SERIES F06 (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) (2011-2018)

This kit is built for the F06 Gran Coupé chassis (XYZ reference BM75-2-C), covering 2011 to 2018 model years. The "Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping" designation matters: this is the variant for cars originally fitted with EDC adaptive dampers, and the included harness prevents dashboard faults after the swap. Confirm your car has EDC before ordering.

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The Racing Spec is the circuit end of the XYZ range for the F06 – pick your spring rates and any custom-valving requirements below.