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Cadillac CTS II 2008-2014 — Coilovers

The second-generation Cadillac CTS sits on GM’s Sigma platform with a long nose and a heavy V6 or supercharged V8 carried well forward of the front axle. That mass is what the factory dampers struggle to settle once you ask the car to change direction quickly, and it is exactly what a coilover conversion is there to address. This XYZ Racing range gives the 2008-2014 CTS II a height-adjustable, damper-controlled platform that matches the chassis to its rear-drive intentions.

Whatever you are building – a settled fast-road saloon, a circuit car, or something further out toward rally and drift – the family covers it. Nine specifications share the same brief: take a near-1,800kg luxury sedan and give it the body control it never had as standard.

What these coilovers do for your 2008-2014 Cadillac CTS II

Drop the ride height and you pull the CTS II’s centre of gravity down toward where the Sigma chassis wants it, tightening the roll response the soft factory setup lets run away under load. Ride-height adjustment lets you set rake to suit a nose-heavy front end, while the damping control reins in the vertical movement big GM saloons are prone to over crests and mid-corner bumps. On a CTS-V running the supercharged LSA, that extra control feeds straight into the traction you need to put 556 bhp down out of a slow corner. Steering response sharpens, the front stops washing wide as early, and the car starts to behave like the BMW rival Cadillac always meant it to be.

About the XYZ Racing coilover range

Every kit in the range is a full coilover – spring and damper as one height-adjustable assembly – rather than a lowering spring dropped onto a tired factory strut. The line spans road-biased and competition specs: Street Advanced and Super Sport for fast-road use, Top Sport and Circuit Master for track work, Racing Spec for the most serious circuit duty, and dedicated Drift Spec, Tarmac Rally, Gravel Rally and Pro Rally builds for the disciplines they are named after. Damping adjustment runs across the tiers, so you can set the car for your roads, your circuit or your stage and revise it as tyres and surfaces change. Spring rates and valving step up with each spec, which means the kit you choose should follow how hard and how often the CTS II actually gets used.

Fitment for the Cadillac CTS II (2008-2014)

These coilovers are built for the second-generation Cadillac CTS II, chassis designation II, across the full 2008 to 2014 production span. Confirm your exact build below before configuring, as drivetrain and trim affect which kit applies.