XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Porsche CAYMAN (987) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2005-2012

The 987 Cayman’s mid-engine layout puts its mass low and centred between the axles, which is why so many owners treat it as the honest, unfiltered Porsche next to the more electronically managed 911. Cars specified with PASM came with factory electronic dampers wired into the chassis control module, so a straight coilover swap needs a way around that wiring before the suspension will do what you actually tell it to. The Top Sport kit for the Cayman 987 is built for exactly that scenario: occasional track days without giving up a car you’re happy to drive to the circuit and home again.

This cancellation-kit version replaces the PASM control loop so the coilovers run as a fully manual, independently adjustable system rather than fighting the factory module. That matters on a chassis this balanced, because once the electronic damping is out of the equation, every change you make at the damper actually reaches the road.

What this coilover does for your 2005-2012 Porsche Cayman

Fitting this kit to a 2005-2012 Cayman lowers the centre of gravity and tightens body control through direction changes, sharpening the turn-in this chassis is already known for. Damping force is stepped up 30-50% over a street-biased setting, or you can run around 2kg/mm stiffer springs instead, which keeps the car settled under braking into a corner rather than pitching onto the nose. On UK B-roads that means less wallow over broken surfaces and a Cayman that stays composed when a good piece of road turns rough without warning. The higher damping rate also does the work of controlling body movement over larger compressions, so a kerb strike or a mid-corner ripple doesn’t unsettle the rear the way it might on the factory setup once it’s several years old and softened. Traction improves as a result, because a tyre that isn’t being asked to absorb chassis movement has more grip left over for actually putting power down out of a corner.

About the Top Sport coilover

The Top Sport is XYZ Racing’s track day and aggressive-road setting, built from damping and spring data developed through the brand’s own track programme rather than adapted down from a full race product. Compared with a street-oriented coilover, it runs damping increased by roughly 30-50%, or an alternative spring rate around 2kg/mm firmer, so the shock body controls movement rather than letting the spring do all the work over rough surfaces. That combination is aimed specifically at soaking up the hit from expansion joints, kerbing and mid-corner bumps without the wheel losing contact with the road, which is where a softer street kit starts to run out of ideas. The result is a suspension calibrated for stability under load, whether that’s trail braking into a hairpin on track or carrying speed through a fast, uneven sweeper on the road home.

Fitment for the Porsche Cayman (987) (2005-2012)

This kit is specified for the Porsche Cayman built on the 987 chassis across the 2005-2012 production run. The cancellation-kit variant is specifically for cars fitted from the factory with PASM electronic damping, replacing the electronic control loop so the coilovers operate as a standard manually adjustable system.

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Spec your 987 Cayman’s Top Sport kit to match how you’ll actually use it, on track and on the road, and configure yours below.