XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Porsche CAYMAN (981) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2012-2016

The 981 Cayman’s mid-engine balance is the whole reason people buy one over a front-engined coupe at the same price point, but that balance is wasted if the standard PASM setup is doing the compromise-chasing for you. This Street Advanced kit swaps that electronic guesswork for 720 manual damping settings, so the mid-ship weight distribution that makes the 981 rotate so cleanly on turn-in is finally being controlled by a suspension tuned specifically for it, not for it plus a saloon and an SUV on the same platform.

Because this fitment includes the cancellation kit for the factory electronic damping system, the 981’s original PASM wiring and dash controls are neutralised rather than fighting your new coilovers. That matters on a car where the electronics are otherwise wired to constantly second-guess the driver. XYZ Racing built the Street Advanced line for exactly this brief: quick road miles most weekends, occasional track days, without needing a second set of springs in the garage.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2016 Porsche Cayman

Ride height comes down and stays adjustable, which on the 981 lowers the centre of gravity right where the flat-six and gearbox already sit low and central – the change is more noticeable here than on a nose-heavy car because you’re not fighting a front-weight bias to get it settled. The 720-way damping adjustment means you can firm up compression for a trackday morning and back it off again for the drive home, rather than living with one fixed compromise. Because the PASM cancellation kit removes the factory system from the equation, damping response is now linear and repeatable – what you set is what you get, corner after corner, instead of an ECU quietly overriding your inputs mid-corner. Owners running the 981 hard on a circuit will feel the difference most under trail-braking into a mid-corner, where the reduced body roll keeps the rear end doing what the mid-engine layout promises rather than what a soft factory spring rate allows.

About the Street Advanced coilover

XYZ Racing’s Street Advanced is the brand’s core product, developed over several years of in-house testing and refined further through use in international racing series. It sits between a fast-road comfort spec and a dedicated track-only kit: 720 damping adjustments give you enough range to run soft for daily use and firm for a circuit day without changing parts. Construction follows XYZ’s standard coilover build for this platform, with height-adjustable perches so ride height and corner weighting can be set independently of spring preload. It’s built for drivers who want genuine control over how their car behaves – not a fixed factory compromise – whether that’s chasing quicker lap times or simply wanting the car to respond the way you ask it to, every time you turn the wheel.

Fitment for the Porsche Cayman (981) (2012-2016)

This kit is built specifically for the 981-generation Cayman, covering the 2012 to 2016 production run, and includes the cancellation kit required to disable the factory PASM electronic damping so the manual system runs cleanly in its place. Confirm your Cayman is a 981-chassis car with factory PASM fitted before ordering, since the cancellation kit is matched to that specific electronic setup.

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Get the 981’s mid-engine chassis working the way it was designed to – configure yours below.