XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Mercedes-Benz CLS C219 8 CYL 2004-2011

The C219 CLS’s V8 models carry a lot of weight over the front axle and rode from the factory on AIRMATIC air suspension tuned for a comfortable cruise, not for resisting body roll when the road tightens up. That softness shows up fastest on a B-road or a track’s transition kerbs, where the standard setup lets the nose dive under braking and the rear squat under power. The Super Sport coilover replaces that factory geometry with a coil-over platform built for fast-road driving and weekend track sessions, without turning the CLS into something you can’t live with on the motorway home.

Because the C219 is a big four-door coupe rather than a lightweight two-seater, the way a suspension kit manages that mass matters more here than on smaller platforms. Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s answer to that: a damper that lets you correct for the car’s natural weight transfer instead of fighting it lap after track day.

What this coilover does for your 2004-2011 Mercedes Benz CLS C219 8 CYL

Dropping the ride height and firming up the damping curve pulls the CLS’s centre of gravity down and reins in the pitch that the factory air suspension allowed under hard braking and throttle. The 36-way damping adjustment means you can run it softer for a motorway commute in the CLS 500 or CLS 55 AMG and stiffen it up for a track day without swapping parts. Independent ride height adjustment lets you set front and rear stance separately, which matters on a car this long and this nose-heavy, so you can dial out understeer on turn-in without unsettling the rear on corner exit. The net result on a C219 is a car that changes direction with less lag between steering input and chassis response, and holds its line through a fast corner instead of leaning into it.

About the Super Sport coilover

Super Sport is built around a damper designed to take the harshness out of poor UK road surfaces while still giving a fast-road or track driver enough control to matter. The headline spec is 36-way damping adjustment, wide enough range to move from a comfortable daily setting to a firmer track tune on the same kit. Ride height is independently adjustable front and rear, so the CLS’s stance and corner balance can be set without touching the damping curve. XYZ Racing positions this tier for owners who want one coilover that covers both a weekend circuit outing and the drive there and back, rather than a dedicated race-only setup that makes the car unpleasant the rest of the week.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz CLS C219 8 CYL (2004-2011)

This kit is built for the C219-generation CLS 8-cylinder cars, chassis code ME22, covering the 2004 to 2011 production run. Confirm your CLS is an 8-cylinder variant of this generation before ordering, as damper and spring specification is matched to the V8’s weight distribution rather than the 6-cylinder cars.

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Pick your ride height and damping range for the CLS C219 in the configurator below.