XYZ Racing Gravel Rally Coilovers — Mercedes-Benz S CLASS W222 4WD (NON MBC hydraulic) 2014-2020

The W222 S-Class is a two-tonne luxury saloon that was never meant to see a gravel stage, and that is precisely why the non-MBC 4WD variant is the interesting one to convert. Without the factory Magic Body Control hydraulics fighting the install, this generation accepts a proper coilover conversion cleanly – and on a 4MATIC chassis with that much mass to manage, gravel-spec damping rewrites what the car can do over broken surfaces.

The XYZ Racing Gravel Rally coilover is built for that brief: long-travel, high-flow damping engineered to keep a heavy 4WD platform composed when the road stops being a road. For the W222 owner running stage rallies, private estate events, or simply a car that has to live with badly surfaced UK B-roads, this is the suspension that turns the chassis into something it was never sold as.

What this coilover does for your 2014-2020 Mercedes Benz S Class W222 4WD (NON MBC Hydraulic)

Gravel-spec damping is the opposite of a track coilover. Where a circuit kit clamps body movement tight, the Gravel Rally lets the chassis breathe over compressions and unsettled surfaces – so the 4MATIC drivetrain can keep all four tyres loaded rather than skipping across the top of the road. On a W222 that means the front axle stays planted under braking into broken corners, the rear no longer hops over mid-corner ruts, and the car will absorb hits that would normally trigger the OEM air suspension into a defensive crouch. Damper adjustment lets you firm the car up for tarmac transit sections and soften it back down for the rough stuff, which is the whole point of a rally-spec setup on a road-registered car.

About the Gravel Rally coilover

The Gravel Rally is XYZ Racing’s long-travel rally coilover, sitting alongside the Tarmac and Pro Rally kits in the rally range. Construction is the same monotube architecture used across the XYZ catalogue, but valved and sprung for loose-surface work – lower spring rates, larger piston flow, and significantly more usable stroke than any of the circuit-focused kits. Damping is adjustable so the car can be tuned between transit and stage settings, and the platform is height-adjustable independently of spring preload so corner weights and ride height are set separately. On a heavy 4WD platform like the W222, the additional stroke and the softer base rates are what make the kit work; a Circuit Master or Super Sport would simply bottom out.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz S CLASS W222 4WD (Years 2014-2020)

Engineered specifically for the W222 chassis in 4MATIC trim WITHOUT the factory MBC hydraulic suspension – chassis code ME65, 2014 to 2020 production. If your W222 is fitted with Magic Body Control hydraulics this is not the correct part; non-MBC air-suspension cars take a conversion kit and this is it.

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