XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Ferrari 488 GTB (with hydraulic lift, excl.control system) 2016-2026

The 488 GTB’s 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 sits behind the driver and ahead of the rear axle, and the factory magnetorheological dampers do a remarkable job of disguising how much mass is hanging off the rear bulkhead. Replace them, and the car immediately tells you what it actually wants to do under load. The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover is the right answer for a 488 owner who drives the car the way Maranello intended on a Sunday morning B-road, then trailers it – or doesn’t – to a Goodwood or Donington track evening.

This kit retains compatibility with the factory hydraulic lift hardware (control system excluded), which matters on a 488 more than on almost any other car in this catalogue. Lose front-end lift on a flat-floored mid-engined Ferrari and ownership becomes a daily exercise in plotting kerb angles.

What this coilover does for your 2016-2026 Ferrari 488 GTB

On a stock 488 GTB, the front end is light and reactive but the dampers are tuned to disguise the rear weight transfer rather than work with it. The Super Sport’s 36-way damping range lets you tighten the rebound on corner exit so the rear doesn’t squat and overload the outside tyre when the turbos come on song. Lower the front ride height a measured amount and you sharpen turn-in without ruining the geometry the factory engineers chose for high-speed stability. The independent ride-height adjustment is what makes the 488 useable as a fast-road car the rest of the week – drop it for a circuit, raise it for a poorly surfaced A-road, keep the hydraulic lift working at the petrol station.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s fast-road-and-weekend-track damper, and it is built around a high-pressure single-tube cartridge designed to take repeated heat cycles without fade. Thirty-six clicks of combined compression-and-rebound adjustment give the driver a workable window between a forgiving road setup and a flatter, more committed track configuration. Ride height is adjusted at the lower spring perch, separated from preload, so corner-weighting the car is straightforward. The chassis-specific spring rates are picked to handle the 488’s rearward weight bias rather than copied from a generic kit, and the damper’s internal valving is tuned to take the edge off broken British tarmac without losing body control when the road opens up.

Fitment for the Ferrari 488 GTB (2016-2026)

Engineered for the FE03 chassis 488 GTB produced from 2016 to 2026, in the specific variant fitted with the factory hydraulic front-lift hardware. The control system itself is not included with this kit – the existing OEM control electronics are retained. Confirm your car’s lift configuration before ordering if it has been modified from factory specification.

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Pick your spring rates, damping preference and finish in the configurator below to build the exact Super Sport spec for your 488 GTB.