XYZ Racing Pro Rally Coilovers — Mercedes-Benz S CLASS W222 4WD (NON MBC hydraulic) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2014-2020

The W222 S-Class was engineered around Magic Body Control and air suspension – a 2.1-tonne luxury saloon whose entire ride character is dictated by hydraulic and electronic intervention. Strip that away, and the chassis underneath is a long-wheelbase 4MATIC platform that reacts very differently to mechanical springs and dampers than the air system ever let you feel.

The XYZ Racing Pro Rally coilover for the Mercedes Benz S CLASS W222 4WD is the kit you fit when you want that mechanical character on a car that was never sold with it. The integrated cancellation harness keeps the dashboard clean of fault codes once the factory electronic damping is removed, and the rally-spec valving is built to cope with sustained surface punishment that an air strut simply cannot survive.

What this coilover does for your 2014-2020 Mercedes Benz S CLASS W222

The first thing you feel in a W222 on coilovers is body control – the float and the long secondary motion of the air system are gone, replaced by a damper that actually settles the mass instead of managing it. The Pro Rally valving is tuned for compliance over rough surfaces, so the long wheelbase no longer hobby-horses over mid-corner bumps that used to upset the rear axle on a hydraulic car. Ride height is mechanically adjustable rather than pump-dependent, which means a stance that stays where you set it whether the car has been parked for an hour or a fortnight. The cancellation kit handles the ADS warning lights on the cluster, so the conversion is invisible to the OBD system. For a 4MATIC saloon this size, the headline change is predictability – the car finally responds in a linear way to steering and throttle input.

About the Pro Rally coilover

The Pro Rally is the heavy-duty end of the XYZ Racing range, built for surfaces that would destroy a circuit-biased damper inside a weekend. Construction is monotube with extended stroke for compliance over compressions and rebound recovery on cresting bumps, and the spring rates are matched to the kerb weight of the donor chassis rather than borrowed from a lighter platform. Damping is adjustable so the car can be softened for broken tarmac and firmed for smoother stages or fast-road work. The cancellation kit for the electronic damping is supplied as part of the package – this is specifically the NON MBC hydraulic variant of the W222, so the kit addresses the ADS electronics rather than the Magic Body Control system. Materials and finishes are specified for outdoor exposure and the kind of corrosion environment a rally-prepped saloon will see.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz S CLASS W222 (2014-2020)

This kit is built for the W222 4MATIC S-Class fitted with the standard electronic damping setup, NOT cars equipped with MBC hydraulic suspension. It covers the 2014 to 2020 production run, chassis code ME65-C, and includes the cancellation harness required to remove the factory ADS struts cleanly.

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The Pro Rally is one of several damper profiles available for the W222 chassis – pick your spec and configure yours below.