XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Mercedes-Benz CLK C209 4 CYL 2002-2007

The C209 CLK’s long bonnet and front-engine layout put real weight over the nose, and on the standard passive dampers that shows up as float over broken B-roads and a soft, delayed turn-in when you finally reach a decent stretch of A-road. The Super Sport coilover is built around that reality: a fast-road platform for owners who want the CLK tied down without turning every commute into a chore.

This isn’t a track-only setup. It’s tuned for the CLK 4-cylinder owner who wants sharper body control on a Sunday drive and the option to firm things up for a track day, without living with a harsh ride the rest of the week.

What this coilover does for your 2002-2007 Mercedes Benz CLK C209

Ride height adjustment lets you correct the C209’s factory stance and drop the centre of gravity, which cuts the nose-dive you feel under braking and the roll you get loading the outside front tyre through a fast corner. The 36-way damping adjustment is the bigger win day-to-day: wind it soft for the motorway commute and broken UK tarmac, then firm it up before a track session or a spirited run through your favourite B-road, all without swapping parts. Because the compression and rebound response is adjustable rather than fixed, the CLK’s nose-heavy weight transfer under braking is better controlled, so the front end loads progressively instead of diving and unsettling the rear. The result on this chassis is a car that changes direction with less lag between input and response, and holds its line through mid-corner bumps instead of skipping.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport damper is XYZ Racing’s fast-road-to-weekend-track platform, built to take the harshness out of poor surfaces while still giving you the adjustment range to firm the car up when you want it. Ride height is independently adjustable so you can set the CLK’s stance without changing spring preload and losing damper travel. The headline spec is 36-way damping adjustment, covering compression and rebound across a wide enough range that the same damper works for a soft daily setting and a stiffer, track-day-focused one. That range is the point: rather than picking one compromise setting and living with it, you retune the car for the road conditions or the day’s use, from rough UK B-roads to a track session, on the same unit. It’s positioned by XYZ Racing as suitable for both weekend racing and daily use, which is the brief this kit is built to.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz CLK C209 (2002-2007)

This kit is built for the Mercedes Benz CLK C209, chassis code ME19, across the 4-cylinder engine range for the 2002 to 2007 model years. Confirm your CLK falls within this chassis code and year span before ordering, as suspension geometry differs between C209 engine variants and model years.

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Spec your ME19 CLK’s Super Sport kit and set your starting ride height and damping – configure yours below.