XYZ Racing Drag Racing Coilovers — Roewe 550 2008-2017

A drag pass is won or lost in the first sixty feet, and the Roewe 550 left the factory as a comfortable front-drive saloon rather than a standing-start machine. XYZ Racing’s Drag Racing coilover kit rewrites that brief for the 2008-2017 550 on the RO01 chassis, setting the car up to plant its driven tyres the instant the lights go green.

This is a single-purpose kit built around the 0-400 metre run. Instead of chasing cornering balance, it manages how weight moves front to rear off the line, so the contact patch that actually puts power down is loaded when it counts.

What this coilover kit does for your 2008-2017 Roewe(榮威) 550

On a standing start, the 550’s nose pitches and the body squats unevenly on factory dampers, bleeding away the grip you need to hook up. This kit firms and controls that transfer so the driven wheels bite cleanly, cutting the wheelspin and shuffle that cost tenths early in a run. You feel it as a more decisive launch, a car that tracks straight under hard acceleration, and far less of the floaty rebound that unsettles a saloon at the top of a pass. Because ride height adjusts, you can lower the 550 to drop its centre of gravity and set a rake that suits your tyre and gearing choice. The result is a 2008-2017 Roewe 550 that stays predictable when every other variable is at its limit.

About the Drag Racing coilover

XYZ Racing builds the Drag Racing coilover specifically for 0-400 metre work, and offers it across front-wheel-drive, rear-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive platforms. The defining idea is dynamic weight management: the setting shifts load front to rear during that brief, violent moment of launch, forcing greater compression into the driven tyres. That extra compression presses the contact patch into the tarmac, which reduces the idle spin where the wheel turns faster than the car moves, and helps the platform stay settled as speed climbs. It is a focused tool rather than an all-rounder: where a fast-road or circuit kit chases body control through corners, this one is engineered around traction off the line and stability at the top end of a pass. For the 550, that translates to a damping philosophy aimed squarely at consistent, repeatable starts.

Fitment for the Roewe(榮威) 550 (2008-2017)

This kit is cut for the Roewe 550 on the RO01 chassis, covering the 2008 to 2017 production span. It is matched to that generation of the front-drive 550 saloon. Confirm your build year falls within the 2008-2017 range, then check your specification against the options below before ordering.

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Set your ride height and choose your exact spec for the 2008-2017 Roewe 550 in the configurator below, and build a kit ready for your next pass.