XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Mercedes-Benz GLA X156 2014-2020

The GLA X156 sits awkwardly in the Mercedes line-up – too tall for an A-Class hatch, too soft for a proper crossover with attitude – and the factory suspension is the main reason. Body roll arrives early, the nose pitches under braking, and the standard dampers run out of ideas long before the chassis does. An XYZ Racing coilover kit reworks that geometry from the ground up, dropping the centre of gravity and giving the X156 platform the composure it always wanted.

For a 45 AMG owner chasing the 2.0-litre turbo’s full potential, or a GLA 200 / 220d driver who simply wants the car to settle on a B-road, this is where the real handling gains live. The GLA shares its bones with the W176 A-Class, which means the chassis has more to give than the OE damping ever admits.

What this coilover does for your 2014-2020 Mercedes Benz GLA X156

Spring rates and damping force are matched to the X156’s MacPherson front and multi-link rear, so the car stops leaning on its outside front tyre mid-corner and starts loading both contact patches evenly. Ride height comes down enough to kill the crossover stance without wrecking driveway clearance or kerb access. Damping adjustment lets you firm the car up for a fast A-road run, then back it off for the school run on broken Tarmac the next morning. Turn-in sharpens, the rear stops bouncing over expansion joints, and the brake-pedal feel improves simply because the nose isn’t diving into its bump stops any more. On the AMG variants, the extra body control means the four-wheel-drive system can finally put the torque down cleanly out of slower corners.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport sits in the middle of the XYZ Racing range – the fast-road and occasional track-day spec, not the full circuit weapon. Each unit is a monotube design with a pillow-ball top mount up front for direct steering feel and a rubber-isolated mount at the rear for road refinement. Damping is adjustable across 30 clicks, combining compression and rebound on a single dial, which keeps setup approachable without sacrificing range. Spring seats are threaded the full length of the body, so ride-height adjustment is independent of preload – critical on a tall car like the GLA where you want to drop the shell without stiffening up the spring stack. Construction is hard-anodised aluminium and the internals are rebuildable, which matters when you are putting a coilover on a car that will likely be kept long-term.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz GLA X156 (2014-2020)

This kit is fitted to the X156-chassis GLA covering the 2014 launch through to the facelift run-out in 2020. That spans the GLA 180, 200, 220, 220d, 250, 45 AMG and the 4MATIC variants – the front strut and rear damper geometry is shared across the range. Confirm your chassis code reads X156 on the VIN plate before ordering.

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Pick your spring rate and height spec in the configurator below and build the kit to suit how you actually drive the car.