XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Mercedes-Benz E CLASS W212 6 CYL 4WD 2009-2016

The W212 E-Class in 6-cylinder 4MATIC guise carries more weight over the front axle than the four-cylinder cars, and the standard suspension is tuned to smooth that mass over motorway miles rather than control it through a corner. The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover kit for the Mercedes Benz E Class W212 4WD swaps that setup for a fixed-height, damper-adjustable platform built for fast-road and weekend track use. It’s the step most 4MATIC owners take once they want the chassis to respond as quickly as the drivetrain puts power down.

Super Sport sits a rung below XYZ’s full Circuit Master spec, aimed at drivers who want a noticeably tauter big saloon without giving up the ability to drive it home afterwards. Ride height and damping are both in the owner’s hands, so the car can be set up for a track day on Friday and a motorway run on Monday.

What this coilover kit does for your 2009-2016 Mercedes Benz E-Class W212

Drop the ride height and the W212’s centre of gravity comes down with it, cutting the body roll that a 4MATIC E-Class carries into a fast direction change. The 36-way damping adjustment lets you firm up compression under trail braking, where the extra mass of the all-wheel-drive system otherwise pushes the nose down and loads the outside front tyre unevenly. Wind the rebound off for a fast-road setting and the car stays composed over broken tarmac; firm it up for a track session and the chassis holds its line through direction changes instead of wallowing the way the standard air-derived setup does. Because height and damping adjust independently, you can lower the car for stance and still keep enough compliance for daily use, or go firmer for a dedicated track setup without touching ride height again.

About the Super Sport coilover

XYZ Racing built the Super Sport damper to deal with the discomfort that a fixed-rate performance coilover usually brings to a road car, using a 36-way damping adjustment so one damper covers everything from a broken B-road surface to a circuit. Ride height is independently adjustable at each corner, so the W212’s stance and corner weights can be set without touching the damping curve. It runs a monotube construction for consistent damping force as the oil heats up over a session, rather than the fade you get from cheaper twin-tube units. XYZ positions Super Sport as the spec for drivers who split their time between weekend track days and daily commuting, not a kit that only makes sense on a circuit.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz E CLASS W212 (2009-2016)

This kit is built for the Mercedes Benz E-Class W212, chassis code ME56, in 6-cylinder 4MATIC form across the 2009 to 2016 production run. It’s specific to the 4WD drivetrain layout, so confirm your car is the 6-cylinder 4MATIC variant before ordering rather than the four-cylinder or rear-drive version.

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Spec is set per corner on the Mercedes Benz E-Class W212 4MATIC, from ride height to damping, so pick your Super Sport configuration below and build yours around how you’ll actually drive it.