XYZ Racing Racing Spec Coilovers — Porsche CAYENNE 4WD (E2) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2011-2018

The E2-generation Cayenne carries genuine SUV mass through a corner – over two tonnes of car resting on a chassis that still needs to change direction like something far lighter. Racing Spec is XYZ Racing’s answer to that problem when the car in question is heading onto a circuit rather than a green lane: a coilover built to keep that weight under control through repeated hard laps, not just soften the odd speed bump.

This kit also includes the cancellation function for the Cayenne’s factory electronic damping system, so fitting a fixed-rate mechanical coilover doesn’t leave a dash full of suspension fault warnings. For an E2 Cayenne being pushed at track days or time-attack events, that’s the difference between a clean install and a car that fights its own electronics.

What this coilover does for your 2011-2018 Porsche Cayenne

Swapping out the adaptive air or PASM setup for Racing Spec gives you a fixed, mechanically consistent platform – the same response on lap five as lap one, with no electronic module deciding to soften things mid-corner. Ride height drops and stays where you set it, pulling the centre of gravity down on a vehicle whose factory height was calibrated for ride comfort and light off-roading, not apex speed. Damping force is set to control body movement under the sustained lateral and longitudinal loads of circuit driving, rather than to filter out expansion joints. On a car this heavy, that control is what keeps the tyres loaded evenly through a corner instead of rolling onto the outer shoulder and giving up grip early. The cancellation kit means all of this happens without triggering the suspension warning lights that a straight PASM-to-coilover swap would otherwise cause.

About the Racing Spec coilover

Racing Spec is the damper XYZ Racing builds specifically for circuit racing, with valving developed through direct involvement in touring car competition, including WTCC. That background shapes the default settings – they’re calibrated around sustained on-track loads rather than road comfort, so the starting point is closer to a race baseline than a fast-road compromise. For heavily modified cars – the kind running factory-style aero, aggressive brake upgrades, or other track-specific hardware – XYZ Racing also offers a bespoke damper build. Owners who supply details of their car’s modifications and the circuits they intend to run can have shock absorbers specified around that exact combination rather than a generic setup. For the Cayenne, that matters more than on a lighter car: a two-tonne SUV on slicks or semi-slicks needs damping calibrated to its actual weight transfer, not a rate borrowed from a saloon.

Fitment for the Porsche Cayenne 4WD (E2) (2011-2018)

This kit fits the E2-generation Cayenne, chassis code E2, across the full 2011-2018 production run, and includes the cancellation kit required to disable factory electronic damping fault warnings after fitment. Confirm your Cayenne carries the factory adaptive air or PASM electronic suspension before ordering, as the cancellation hardware is built specifically to replace that system.

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Racing Spec is built for Cayenne owners who take the E2’s weight seriously on track rather than fighting it – configure yours below.