XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Skoda OCTAVIA 5E WAGON φ55 (Rear Multi-Link Suspension) 2013-2019

The Octavia 5E Wagon carries a longer rear overhang and a heavier load-bay structure than the hatch it shares a platform with, so the rear multi-link setup has to manage more sprung mass over the axle at all times, loaded or not. XYZ Racing’s Super Sport coilover is built for exactly that kind of daily-plus-fast-road brief: a fully adjustable platform that copes with a wagon’s extra weight without turning the ride into a chore.

For an owner using the 5E Wagon for a daily commute with the odd fast-road or track-day outing, Super Sport gives you a single kit that can be set soft for the school run and firmed up for a B-road blast, rather than forcing a compromise between the two.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2019 Skoda Octavia

Ride height is adjustable independently of spring preload, so you can correct the stance the wagon body naturally settles into once it’s loaded with kit, without touching the damping curve you’ve already dialled up front and rear. The 36-way damping adjustment gives you enough range to soften the rear for the ruts and expansion joints a wagon spends most of its life driving over, then wind in compression and rebound control for a track session where that same rear axle needs to stay settled under trail-braking into a corner. Because the adjustment is external, you can respond to a change in road surface or a change in cargo load without dropping the car onto a lift. On a chassis where the rear structure carries proportionally more weight than the hatch’s, that range matters more than it would on a lighter body style.

About the Super Sport coilover

Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s answer to the discomfort that comes from asking a fixed-rate factory setup to deal with rough UK B-roads and motorway expansion joints, particularly on a bodyshape with extra unsprung and sprung mass at the back. The damper carries 36 individual clicks of adjustment, giving a genuinely usable spread between a comfortable daily setting and a firmer track-oriented one rather than a token few steps either side of default. Ride height adjustment is built into the same unit, so the car can be set to sit correctly under whatever load condition it’s normally driven in. XYZ position this damper for owners who split their time between weekend track use and daily driving rather than a car dedicated purely to one or the other, which fits a Wagon that’s as likely to be doing a supermarket run as a track day.

Fitment for the Skoda Octavia 5E Wagon (2013-2019)

This kit is built for the Octavia 5E Wagon fitted with the rear multi-link suspension arrangement (Φ55 rear damper diameter), covering the 2013 to 2019 model years. Confirm your car uses the multi-link rear axle rather than the torsion-beam variant before ordering, as the two use different rear geometry and are not interchangeable.

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Spec your Super Sport kit for the 5E Wagon’s exact rear setup – configure yours below.