XYZ Racing Circuit Master Coilovers — Ferrari CALIFORNIA (Both front and rear top mount are 4 holes) 2008-2014

The first-generation Ferrari California is a heavy front-mid-engined GT that was never sold as a track car, and that is precisely why a circuit-grade coilover changes its character so dramatically. The standard magnetorheological setup is calibrated for ride composure and cross-country pace; on a hot lap it runs out of body control long before the F136 V8 runs out of revs. The Circuit Master is XYZ Racing’s answer for owners who want to commit this 2008-2014 California to repeated sessions at Bedford, Donington or Anglesey without the rear axle going light over kerbs.

Fitted to the four-hole front and rear top-mount variant of the chassis (XYZ code FE04), the kit is engineered around sustained lap-time work rather than a single qualifying flyer. The damping is built to hold a consistent platform when the fluid is hot and the tyres are deep into their second set of sessions.

What this coilover does for your 2008-2014 Ferrari California

Drop the California onto the Circuit Master and the first thing you feel is steering precision the magnetic dampers never delivered – turn-in tightens, the nose stops washing wide under trail-braking, and the rear stays planted as you feed the throttle out of a long third-gear corner. The 9720-step adjustment matrix means you can set the kit up for a Pirelli Trofeo R day at Spa without making the GT undriveable on the road home. Bump compliance over inside kerbs is dictated by the three-knob layout: separate high-speed bump control stops the chassis crashing through compressions that would otherwise unsettle a 1,735 kg car. Body roll falls away, brake dive is contained, and you can finally use the F136’s mid-range without the suspension running out of travel. Ride height is fully adjustable, so the stance can sit closer to a 458’s silhouette without sacrificing front-splitter survival on UK roads.

About the Circuit Master coilover

The Circuit Master sits in XYZ Racing’s competition tier alongside the Racing Spec, Drift Spec and Tarmac Rally kits – it is the suspension XYZ build when the brief is sustained circuit work rather than a fast-road compromise. Construction is genuine motorsport spec: three separate adjustment knobs governing bump, rebound and high-speed damping, with a deliberately small oil passage that resists fade across consecutive flying laps. The 9720-way matrix is not a marketing number; it is the product of independent click ranges on each circuit that, combined, give a serious driver the resolution to chase a setup corner by corner. Worth knowing: that small oil-hole design can produce a faint hydraulic note over sharp street bumps – it is normal, it is the price of damper consistency at racing temperatures, and on the surfaces this kit was built for it disappears entirely. The Circuit Master has been validated by XYZ’s race teams internationally, with podium results across multiple disciplines.

Fitment for the Ferrari California (2008-2014)

Specific to the 2008-2014 Ferrari California (XYZ chassis code FE04) – the variant with four-hole front and rear top mounts. Confirm your top-mount hole pattern before ordering; California production saw more than one mount configuration across the F149 run, and the four-hole specification is the one this kit is built to bolt straight onto.

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Pick your damping spec, ride height and spring rates in the configurator below.