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

The MK7 Golf’s Φ55 rear end – the multi-link axle fitted to higher-spec cars in place of the base torsion beam – gives the chassis more suspension geometry to exploit than a standard Golf, but the factory dampers are tuned for comfort first. XYZ Racing’s Super Sport coilover kit for the Volkswagen GOLF MK7 Φ55 (Rr Multi-Link Suspension) 2012-2020 replaces both ends with a damper that keeps that multi-link geometry working properly under load, while giving you 36-way adjustment to tune it for how you actually drive the car.

Super Sport sits between XYZ’s comfort-biased options and dedicated circuit dampers. This is the spec for owners covering fast-road miles through the week and the odd weekend trackday, not a full-time race car – the MK7’s multi-link rear responds well to the extra control without the ride becoming something you’d complain about on a motorway run home.

What this coilover kit does for your 2012-2020 Volkswagen GOLF MK7 Φ55 (Rr Multi-Link Suspension)

Height adjustability lets you drop the car’s centre of gravity and correct the wheel-to-arch gap that the factory ride height leaves on the Φ55 multi-link cars, without resorting to cut springs that ruin the damper’s working range. The 36-way damping adjustment gives you enough resolution to soften the kit for a long motorway leg, then firm it up before a track session, rather than living with one compromise setting. On the multi-link rear specifically, better-controlled damping reduces the unwanted toe and camber movement that a soft factory rear axle allows under hard cornering and trail-braking, which is where a lot of MK7 owners feel the back end go vague first. Bump absorption is tuned so the kit still deals with UK B-road surfaces and speed humps without the harshness that cheaper coilovers introduce, so the car stays usable outside track days.

About the Super Sport coilover

Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s mid-tier monotube damper, built to remove the harshness that lesser lowering kits introduce on rough UK roads while still giving a driver real control over the setup. Ride height is independently adjustable at each corner, so you can set stance and corner balance separately from spring preload. The headline spec is 36-way damping adjustment, fine enough that you can dial out a specific complaint – too much dive under braking, too much roll mid-corner – rather than guessing between a handful of coarse clicks. XYZ position this damper for drivers who use the same car for daily commuting and weekend track sessions, which is why the valving errs toward controlled compliance rather than outright stiffness. On the Golf’s Φ55 multi-link rear, that adjustability matters more than on a torsion-beam car, since there’s an actual multi-link geometry underneath worth preserving rather than fighting.

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

This kit is built specifically for the Φ55 rear-strut, multi-link-equipped Volkswagen GOLF MK7, chassis code VO20-2, covering the 2012-2020 production run. It is not the same specification as the torsion-beam MK7 – fitment is dependent on your car having the multi-link rear axle, so confirm which rear suspension your specific Golf has before ordering.

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Get the height and damping range to suit both commutes and trackdays on your Φ55 Golf – configure yours below.