XYZ Racing Racing Spec Coilovers — BMW 7 SERIES E38 6 CYL (NOT AIR STRUT) 1995-2002

The E38’s air suspension delete is the first job on any 7 Series bound for a circuit, and it changes everything about how this car needs to be sprung. Once the self-levelling struts are gone, the coil-over conversion has to carry a two-tonne luxury saloon through fast direction changes without the wallow that made the factory setup wrong for anything but a motorway cruise. The Racing Spec is built for exactly that transition – a big, heavy, six-cylinder car being asked to behave on a track.

This is XYZ Racing’s top-tier damper, not a fast-road compromise, and it is built around settings pulled directly from WTCC-level touring car participation rather than a desk exercise. On a car the size of the E38, that matters: the damping has to control body movement that a lighter chassis would never generate in the first place.

What this coilover does for your 1995-2002 Bmw 7 Series

Swapping the air struts for the Racing Spec kit gives you a fixed, adjustable platform in place of a system designed to soften every input. Ride height drops and stays where you set it, corner to corner, instead of the self-levelling system fighting your spring rate under load. On a car this heavy, controlling pitch under braking and roll through fast corners is the whole game, and a track-calibrated damper does that far more consistently than an air strut ever could. The E38’s mass also means the shock absorber has to work harder for longer during a session, which is why this kit exists at the serious end of XYZ’s range rather than the fast-road tier. If your car has already had other performance parts fitted, XYZ’s engineering process – built around exactly this kind of aggressive-upgrade scenario – is designed to be extended to a bespoke spec.

About the Racing Spec coilover

The Racing Spec damper is built specifically for track and race use, with its valving and settings developed through direct involvement in touring car racing, including WTCC-level competition. That racing background is the point of difference between this and a road-biased coilover – the internals are tuned for repeated hard use rather than comfort. XYZ also offers a bespoke path for cars carrying heavier modifications: owners running factory-style racing builds, or full A-class competition cars, can supply full details of their existing upgrades and intended circuit, and XYZ will produce a custom-specified damper around that information. For a 7 Series already stripped of its air suspension, that custom option is worth knowing about if the rest of the car has moved a long way from stock. Every Racing Spec unit is built to be height-adjustable and track-serviceable, giving you a base setup you can then fine-tune once the car is on the ground and turning laps.

Fitment for the Bmw 7 Series (1995-2002)

This kit is built specifically for the E38-chassis 7 Series fitted with a 6-cylinder engine and the non-air-strut suspension layout, covering the 1995 to 2002 production run. Confirm your car sits within that chassis code and drivetrain combination before ordering, as the air-strut and 6-cylinder variants use different suspension geometry.

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Get the air struts out of the equation and put a track-proven platform under your E38 – configure yours below.