XYZ Racing Racing Spec Coilovers — Ferrari CALIFORNIA (Both front and rear top mount are 2 holes) 2008-2014

The Ferrari California sits in an unusual place in the Maranello lineage – the first front-engined V8, the first folding hard-top from the factory, and a chassis that was deliberately set up to flatter rather than intimidate. That softer factory tune is exactly what a serious track-day owner wants to address, and the XYZ Racing Racing Spec coilover is the kit built for the job. It is not a fast-road compromise. It is a circuit damper that has been developed against WTCC running, then adapted to road-legal hardware for owners who actually take their California to Donington, Spa, or the Bedford layouts.

For a 2008-2014 California (FE04-1 chassis, two-hole top mount front and rear), this is the spec to fit when the car is being used for time-attack, trackday tuition, or genuine circuit work rather than weekend hooning.

What this coilover does for your 2008-2014 Ferrari California

The factory California damping is set for grand-touring composure, which means it runs out of vertical control quickly under repeat braking and high-speed direction changes. Swap to the Racing Spec and the car stops loading the outside front so heavily into long corners – turn-in sharpens, the front-end behaves with the rear under trail-braking, and the body stops dipping into compression that previously cost you confidence at the apex. Lower the ride height and the front-engined V8’s polar moment becomes far easier to manage; the car rotates rather than scrubs. Pitch under heavy braking from the carbon-ceramic brake setup is brought back to something the driver can actually read, which is the difference between braking 20 metres earlier than you need to and braking at the limit. Spring and damper rates are matched to circuit loading, not to bumpy B-roads, and you feel that on the kerbs.

About the Racing Spec coilover

The Racing Spec is XYZ Racing’s circuit-development damper, with the settings derived from direct participation in race series including WTCC. Construction and valving are aimed at sustained high-load running rather than the broader compliance window of the road-biased ranges. For owners running aggressive supporting modifications – bigger wheel and tyre packages, aero, uprated anti-roll setups, or factory-style A-class racing builds – XYZ Racing will produce a custom shock absorber valved to the specific car and the specific circuit; you supply the parts list and the venue, and the damper is built to suit. That bespoke route is what separates the Racing Spec from an off-the-shelf coilover. The standard Racing Spec damper on its own is already a circuit-grade unit; the custom option is there when the car has been built beyond the standard envelope.

Fitment for the Ferrari California (2008-2014)

This kit is specified for the FE04-1 California with the two-hole top-mount layout on both the front and rear struts – the version produced from 2008 to 2014. Confirm the top-mount hole pattern on your car before ordering; the California top-mount layout was revised in production, and the wrong pattern will not bolt up.

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Pick your Racing Spec specification below and build the kit for your California – including the custom-valved option if your car runs aggressive supporting modifications.