XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Mercedes-Benz CLS C218 4/6 CYL (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2011-2018

The CLS C218’s factory electronic damping is calibrated for motorway comfort, not for loading a corner with any real feedback, and Mercedes never built it to be adjustable in the way a track-day driver would want. This XYZ Racing Top Sport coilover kit for the Mercedes Benz CLS C218 (2011-2018) replaces that system outright, pairing a mechanical damper with a cancellation kit that removes the electronic damping control from the car entirely.

Top Sport sits in XYZ Racing’s range for cars that see a genuine mix of B-road driving and the odd circuit outing, rather than a car built solely for lap times. On a four-cylinder or six-cylinder CLS carrying close to two tonnes, that means damping firm enough to control body movement under load without turning the ride brittle on the drive there and back.

What this coilover does for your 2011-2018 Mercedes Benz CLS C218

Swap the CLS’s electronically-damped setup for a fixed mechanical Top Sport kit and the car stops hunting for a compromise between comfort and control every time the road surface changes. Damping is set 30-50% firmer than XYZ Racing’s street-spec coilovers, or around 2kg/mm more spring rate, which keeps the C218’s nose settled under braking and the rear planted through direction changes instead of moving around the way it does on the factory setup. That extra control also suppresses body movement on a heavily loaded four-door coupe of this size, so the tyres stay in contact with the road surface for longer and traction holds up once you actually load the chassis. Because it’s a cancellation kit, the car runs without the electronic damping module fighting the new dampers, so there’s no conflicting input once the coilovers are fitted.

About the Top Sport coilover

Top Sport is XYZ Racing’s step up from its street-focused ranges, built around damper and spring settings drawn from the brand’s own Top Sport racing experience rather than scaled down from a comfort product. Compared with a street-tuned coilover, damping force is increased by roughly 30 to 50 per cent, or spring rate is raised by around 2kg/mm, depending on which side of that adjustment suits the platform. The extra control is there to deal with sharp inputs – a kerbed apex, a heavily cambered B-road, a compression on track – where a softer setup would let the body move too much and unsettle the car. XYZ Racing pitches this range at aggressive road driving and track day use rather than a dedicated race car, which is why the settings favour stability and predictable handling over an outright soft ride. On the CLS specifically, that means a kit built to control a big, heavy chassis without the ride turning harsh the moment you’re back on the motorway.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz CLS C218 (2011-2018)

This kit is built for the Mercedes Benz CLS C218, chassis code ME20-1-C, covering four-cylinder and six-cylinder cars built between 2011 and 2018. It’s specified as a cancellation kit for the factory electronic damping system, so it’s for CLS models built with Mercedes’ electronic damper control rather than a passive base suspension.

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This Top Sport kit for the CLS C218 comes with the damping and spring options to match how you actually drive it – configure yours below.