XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Mercedes-Benz E CLASS W124 4 CYL (Modified Front Integrated) 1986-1995

The W124’s four-cylinder cars were built to the same over-engineered brief as the six-cylinder 300E, but with a softer factory spring and damper rate to suit the lighter 200E and 230E nose. That combination gives a comfortable ride and, under hard cornering or trail braking, more body roll and dive than the chassis underneath it deserves. XYZ Racing’s Super Sport coilover kit is built for this exact mismatch: fast-road driving and weekend track sessions where the standard suspension runs out of composure before the rest of the car does.

This is a height-adjustable, 36-way damping kit fitted with a modified front strut integration specific to the 4-cylinder W124’s front end, so the geometry and spring perches line up correctly on cars that share a bodyshell but not a front subframe with their six-cylinder siblings.

What this coilover does for your 1986-1995 Mercedes Benz E Class W124 4 CYL

Dropping the ride height and tightening spring rates over the factory setup cuts the dive under braking and the roll you’ll feel loading the outside front tyre through a fast corner in this E Class. The 36-way damping adjustment means you can run the front end firm enough to hold a line on track on a Saturday and back it off a few clicks for the drive home, rather than living with one compromise setting all week. Independent ride height adjustment lets you correct the W124’s factory rake or drop the car to suit wider wheels and tyres without touching spring preload, and the stiffer overall platform reduces the pitch and squat that make a soft 230E feel vague when you’re pushing on. For a car this size and weight, that’s the difference between a suspension that reacts to inputs and one that anticipates them.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s damper for owners who want one car to do both jobs – commuting through potholes during the week and holding a composed line on a track day weekend. Construction focuses on smoothing out the harshness that usually comes with a stiffer setup, so the 36 damping positions cover a genuinely useful range rather than a firm-to-firmer band: soft enough at one end to absorb broken tarmac, firm enough at the other to control a loaded W124 front end mid-corner. Ride height is independently adjustable from the spring perch, letting you set stance and corner weight without changing the damping curve you’ve settled on. It’s built as a dual-purpose kit rather than a dedicated race damper, which is why it suits a road-registered E Class that still needs to behave on the motorway between track outings.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz E Class W124 4 CYL (Modified Frt Integrated) (1986-1995)

This kit is specified for the 4-cylinder W124 E Class, chassis code ME45, built 1986 to 1995, with a modified front integration to match the 4-cylinder car’s front strut mounting rather than the 6-cylinder layout. Confirm your car is a 4-cylinder variant of the W124 before ordering, as front-end hardware differs between engine variants across this range.

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Spec your ride height and damping range for this ME45-chassis E Class and configure yours below.