XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — BMW X5 F15 4WD (NON AIR STRUT) 2013-2018

The F15 X5 is a 2.1-tonne SUV that BMW set up for cushioned cruising, and the steel-sprung non-air variant sits in an awkward middle ground – softer than the M-Sport buyers wanted, firmer than the air-suspension cars when the dampers start to age. The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover for the F15 X5 4WD addresses exactly that compromise: a height-adjustable, damping-adjustable platform that lets a heavy xDrive chassis settle on its outside corner without floating between inputs.

This is the fast-road and weekend-track spec in the XYZ range, sitting between the daily-biased Top Sport and the circuit-focused TS-Pro. For an F15 owner who wants to tighten body control, drop the ride height without binding the half-shafts, and still drive to the Nürburgring rather than trailer there, the Super Sport is the honest pick.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2018 Bmw X5 F15 4WD (NON AIR Strut)

On a chassis this tall and this heavy, the first thing you feel is roll control. The Super Sport pulls the F15’s centre of gravity closer to the road and lets the outside damper carry the weight transfer instead of bleeding it through the bushings. Turn-in sharpens, the nose stops washing wide on motorway slip-roads, and mid-corner camber stays where the geometry intended.

The 36-way damping range matters on a vehicle this size – full-soft keeps school-run compliance over broken Tarmac and speed humps, while wound towards full-firm the F15 stops pitching under hard braking and squatting on quattro-style xDrive launches. Ride height adjustment also lets you set a stance that respects the F15’s long-travel CV joints rather than slamming the arches and shortening driveline life.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s dual-purpose damper, engineered specifically to eliminate the harshness associated with cheaper coilover conversions on bumpy British roads. It pairs independent ride-height adjustment with 36-way bump and rebound damping on a single knob, so the spring perch and the damper curve are tuned separately rather than ganged together. That separation is what lets the F15 sit low without the dampers being permanently in their stiffest range.

Construction is performance-grade throughout, with damping valving designed to absorb expansion joints and surface changes at speed instead of crashing through them. XYZ position the Super Sport as suitable for both weekend race work and daily commuting, and the spec backs that up – the same 36-way range that handles a track session at Bedford on Sunday will roll back to a road tune for Monday’s M25 sit. It is the spec the brand recommends when a car will see varied road conditions rather than a single use case.

Fitment for the Bmw X5 (2013-2018)

This kit is built for the F15 generation X5 with conventional steel suspension – the NON AIR STRUT variant – running the 4WD xDrive driveline, chassis reference BM69-1-2, model years 2013 to 2018. Air-suspension F15s use different rear hardware and are not covered by this part.

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Configure your spring rates and ride height below to build the Super Sport spec that suits your F15.