XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Chery COWIN / FLAGCLOUD 2003-2012

The CE02-platform Cowin and Flagcloud were built to a budget on a softly-sprung saloon chassis that leans early and recovers slowly – the kind of body roll that turns mid-corner bumps into a two-stage event and makes the front tyres argue with the steering well before grip runs out. The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover is the upgrade that drags this car out of family-saloon territory and gives it a chassis that responds to inputs instead of absorbing them.

For a fast-road CE02 with the occasional weekend track outing, the Super Sport sits in the sensible middle of the XYZ range. It is firmer than a daily-comfort damper, softer than a slick-shod track-only setup, and adjustable enough at the knob that you can choose which side of that line you want to live on.

What this coilover does for your 2003-2012 Chery Cowin / Flagcloud

Drop the ride height and you immediately reduce the roll-couple that the Cowin’s tall, soft factory saloon stance creates under load – the front will stop diving on braking and the rear will settle instead of pitching. The 36-way damping adjustment lets you wind compression and rebound up together for a tighter, flatter response on a B-road, then back the bump off again so the car still copes with the broken Tarmac that the Cowin/Flagcloud platform spends most of its life on. Turn-in sharpens because the suspension is no longer using half its travel just to take the weight of the car. Mid-corner, the chassis stays in its window long enough for the tyres to actually do their job. Lower the back a few millimetres past the front and you can even shift some of the inherent understeer out of the balance – useful on a saloon that was set up at the factory to plough at the limit rather than rotate.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s high-performance damper engineered as a single-knob coilover with 36-way dampening adjustment that works compression and rebound on a combined curve – one click changes both, which keeps setup simple for owners who do not want to chase two adjusters around the car. Ride height is adjustable through the body, so corner weights and rake can be tuned independently of damping. XYZ have built the Super Sport specifically to deal with the discomfort that surface bumps and rough roads introduce on stiffer coilovers – the damping curve is intentionally compliant at low speeds and tightens up under bigger inputs, which is the behaviour you want on UK roads where the surface is broken but the speeds are still real. It is the right pick for an owner who wants weekend track capability without giving up daily-driveability the rest of the week.

Fitment for the Chery Cowin / Flagcloud (2003-2012)

This kit is built for the CE02-chassis Cowin and Flagcloud across the full 2003-2012 production run. Confirm your chassis code reads CE02 on the VIN plate before ordering – Chery’s saloon range used a couple of platforms in this era and the part numbers are not interchangeable.

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Configure your Super Sport spec for the Cowin / Flagcloud below – ride height, spring options and any addons are all selectable in the builder.