XYZ Racing Racing Spec Coilovers — Chevrolet CORVETTE C7 2013-2019

The C7 Corvette arrived with a transverse leaf-spring rear and a 50/50 weight split that flatters fast road work but punishes a stock damper the moment you start stringing flying laps together. Heat soak through the rears, body movement under combined cornering and braking, and the inevitable understeer-then-snap behaviour as the LT1 (or LT4 in the Z06) puts 460-650 lb-ft through the limited-slip diff – that is the brief the Racing Spec coilover is written for.

This is the XYZ Racing kit pitched at owners who treat their 2013-2019 Corvette C7 as a serious track and time-attack tool rather than a Sunday cruiser. It replaces the factory composite-spring setup with a true coil-over-damper at each corner, which is the change that opens up the C7’s chassis to proper alignment and rate work.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2019 Chevrolet Corvette C7

On a C7 the first thing you feel after fitting Racing Spec is platform stability through long high-speed corners – the kind of compression load that softens a stock car and leaves it pawing for grip on exit. The damper holds the body flat enough that the Michelin Cup 2s (or whatever you have wrapped on it) actually sit on their contact patch instead of rolling onto the shoulder. Turn-in sharpens, mid-corner balance shifts toward neutral, and the rear stops getting nervous when you trail-brake into a downhill apex.

Spring rates and damping have been chosen for repeat hot-lap punishment rather than ride comfort, so you can run more aggressive camber and lower ride heights without the car bottoming under braking. For Z06 owners pushing into the 600+bhp range, that body control is what lets the rear axle put power down out of slow corners instead of lighting the inside tyre.

About the Racing Spec coilover

The Racing Spec damper is built specifically for circuit competition, with valving derived from XYZ Racing’s own programme in series including WTCC. The kit is not a re-badged street coilover wound stiffer – the settings have come back from race weekends rather than from a CAD bench, which is the distinction that matters when you are working the dampers hard enough to see them glow.

For cars running heavy aero packages, sticky competition rubber, big brake upgrades or other significant modifications, XYZ Racing will custom-build shock absorbers to the spec. Owners send through a list of upgrades and the circuits they intend to run, and the dampers are matched to that combination – the same service XYZ offers factory race teams and A-class competition cars. For a C7 running cup tyres, an aero kit and an uprated brake package, this is the route that gets the most out of the platform.

Fitment for the Chevrolet Corvette C7 (2013-2019)

Confirmed fitment for the C7-generation Corvette from 2013 through 2019, covering Stingray, Grand Sport, Z06 and ZR1 bodies on the standard C7 chassis. SKU XYZ-COIL-C7-RS replaces the factory transverse leaf-spring suspension with a four-corner coilover layout.

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Pick your spring rates, ride height and damping spec below – or flag a custom build if your C7 is running serious aero, sticky rubber or a forced-induction package.