XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Cadillac CTS II (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2008-2014

The second-generation CTS arrived with Magnetic Ride Control on the performance trims, and a decade-plus later those MR dampers are the part of the car most likely to be tired, leaking, or quietly costing four-figure sums per corner to replace. Swap the lot for a mechanical setup and the CTS finally drives the way its Nürburgring-developed chassis always promised.

The XYZ Racing Top Sport coilover for the Cadillac CTS II is the answer when the factory electronic damping has given up and a sensible, adjustable replacement is wanted for fast road work and the occasional circuit weekend. The supplied cancellation kit handles the MagneRide signal so dash lights and limp modes stay away after the conversion.

What this coilover does for your 2008-2014 Cadillac CTS II

The CTS II is a heavy saloon – around 1,800kg in V6 trim, more in the V variants – with a long bonnet and the weight transfer characteristics that come with it. A 30 to 50 percent damping increase over street tune, paired with stiffer spring rates than the GM calibration, settles the nose under hard braking into a turn and stops the body from loading the outside-front in slow motion mid-corner. Ride height adjustment lets you pull the visual gap at the front arch tight without dropping into the bumpstops on Britain’s broken B-roads. The cancellation kit means no MagneRide fault codes, no permanent dash warnings, and no power-steering or stability-control side effects from a missing damper signal.

About the Top Sport coilover

The Top Sport sits in XYZ Racing’s range as the occasional-track, daily-capable spec – one rung up from a pure street coilover and one below the full Circuit Master setup. Spring rates run roughly 2kg/mm stiffer than street tune, and damping is calibrated 30 to 50 percent firmer to absorb the larger impacts an aggressively driven car puts through the chassis. The intent is twofold: kill secondary body motions over patched tarmac and broken surfaces, and keep the tyre loaded through bigger compressions so traction holds when you’re committed. The settings come directly from XYZ Racing’s own Top Sport testing programme, aimed at drivers who use the same car for the commute and for track days without wanting two sets of suspension.

Fitment for the Cadillac CTS II (2008-2014)

Engineered for the CA02-C chassis CTS II built from 2008 to 2014, supplied as the cancellation-kit variant specifically for cars fitted with factory electronic damping (MagneRide). The kit replaces the MR struts and dampers entirely and includes the signal-cancellation hardware so the car’s control modules read a normal suspension state.

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Pick your spring rate, ride height and damping spec in the configurator below.