XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Volkswagen GOLF MK7 Φ55 (Rear Multi-Link Suspension) 2012-2020

The MK7 Golf’s multi-link rear axle is what separates it from the torsion-beam cars in the class below, and it is also the reason a tired rear damper shows up as vagueness on turn-in long before the front end tells you anything is wrong. XYZ Racing built the Street Advanced coilover for exactly this kind of car: a daily-driven hatch that still gets used properly on a B-road or the odd track day.

For an owner running a GTI, R, or a well-specced TSI on the Φ55 rear subframe, the goal isn’t outright lap time, it’s a chassis that stays composed through compressions and still rides well on the school run. That’s the brief this kit is built to answer.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Volkswagen GOLF MK7 Φ55 (rr Multi-link Suspension)

Fit the Street Advanced and the multi-link rear stops floating over mid-corner bumps, because the damper is now doing proportionally more work than the factory unit ever could across a wider adjustment range. The 720-way damping adjustment means you can run the car soft enough for the motorway commute on a Friday and firm it up before a Saturday morning drive without swapping a single component. Lowering the centre of gravity front and rear sharpens turn-in response on a chassis that, in factory trim, is set up more for ride comfort than outright body control. Because the adjustment is external, dialling out the last of the factory car’s body roll doesn’t cost you a raised ride height or a harsh low-speed ride – you can find a setting that suits UK roads rather than a track-only compromise.

About the Street Advanced coilover

XYZ Racing developed the Street Advanced over several years specifically to sit between fast-road comfort and genuine track capability, refining it through use in international racing programmes before bringing the spec to market. The headline figure is 720 damping positions, a far finer range than the 16- or 32-click dampers found on cheaper coilover kits, letting you land on a setting rather than compromise between two that are close but not quite right. XYZ positions this range as the kit for drivers who want to use their car properly on the road and still take it to a track day without switching hardware, rather than a dedicated race-only setup. It’s built around the idea that a car doing double duty – commute and B-road, then occasional circuit use – needs a wider usable window than a single-purpose damper can offer, and the construction reflects that with adjustment hardware built to be used repeatedly rather than set once and left alone.

Fitment for the Volkswagen GOLF MK7 Φ55 (Rr Multi-Link Suspension) (2012-2020)

This kit is built specifically for the MK7 Golf’s Φ55 rear multi-link suspension arrangement, chassis code VO20-2, covering the 2012 to 2020 production run. If your car sits outside that window or uses a different rear suspension type, check the chassis code against your specific build before ordering, as the Golf range spans more than one rear-axle configuration across this generation.

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Spec your Street Advanced kit for the MK7 Golf’s Φ55 rear end and configure yours below.