XYZ Racing Racing Spec Coilovers — Volkswagen GOLF MK7 Φ55 (Rear Multi-Link Suspension) Modified Rear Integrated (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2012-2020

The Mk7 Golf’s multi-link rear axle is the reason this platform rotates so well once it’s loaded properly, but that same multi-link geometry moves under hard load in ways the factory rear dampers were never set up to control at circuit speed. XYZ Racing’s Racing Spec coilover exists for exactly that gap between fast-road and genuine lap-time work.

This is the type built for serious track and time-attack use, not a fast-road compromise wearing a track badge. On a Golf that’s already carrying the weight of a modified rear end, that distinction matters at every apex.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Volkswagen GOLF MK7

Fitted to a 2012-2020 Golf Mk7 with the multi-link rear end, the Racing Spec coilover gives you a rear axle that stays composed through direction changes instead of wallowing on the way out of a hairpin. Because this fitment is built to work with the electronic damping cancellation kit, you get a fully mechanical, driver-set damper without the car’s factory adaptive-damping electronics fighting your settings or throwing warning lights. That matters on a modified Mk7 specifically, where aftermarket sway bars, wider tyres and lowered ride height all shift load through the rear multi-link differently than Volkswagen’s factory tune assumed. The result on track is a rear end that transfers load predictably under trail-braking and mid-corner direction changes, rather than one step behind the front axle.

About the Racing Spec coilover

XYZ Racing developed the Racing Spec damper specifically for track and race use, with settings derived from direct involvement in circuit racing at WTCC level rather than desk-based tuning. That racing-derived damping curve is what separates this type from a fast-road coilover asked to do a track day’s work. For Golf Mk7 owners running genuinely aggressive builds – bigger brakes, wider arches, factory-style aero – XYZ Racing can also produce a bespoke shock absorber matched to the specific modifications on the car and the circuit it’s intended for, built from the customer’s own parts list and track information rather than a generic off-the-shelf spec. It’s the same approach XYZ Racing applies to full-blown A-class racing builds, scaled to a road-registered Mk7.

Fitment for the Volkswagen GOLF MK7 (2012-2020)

This kit is built for the Volkswagen Golf Mk7 with the Φ55 multi-link rear suspension in modified, rear-integrated form, covering the 2012-2020 production span under chassis code VO20-4-C. It is specified with the cancellation kit for electronic damping, so it’s intended for Mk7s originally fitted with adaptive dampers that need a mechanical replacement rather than a passive-only rear end.

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Spec your Racing Spec coilover kit for the Golf Mk7 using the configurator below.