XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Aston Martin RAPIDE S (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2013-2026

The Rapide S carries a naturally aspirated V12 and the bonded aluminium bones of Aston Martin’s VH architecture into four-door grand tourer territory – a car that tips the scales close to two tonnes yet rides on adaptive Skyhook damping from the factory. When those electronic dampers are removed and a fixed coilover setup takes their place, the calibration challenge shifts from toggling between comfort and sport modes to a single, honest spring and damper pairing that must earn its keep across motorway miles and circuit braking zones alike.

This Top Sport kit – supplied with the cancellation hardware required to silence the Rapide S’s electronic damping fault codes – sits in the overlap between aggressive road use and occasional track work. It is not a dedicated circuit build; it is for the owner who uses their Rapide S the way Aston Martin intended, then occasionally pushes it considerably harder than Aston Martin intended.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2026 Aston Martin RAPIDE S

The Rapide S’s considerable mass works against composure in corners if body roll is left unchecked; the Top Sport’s spring rates sit 2 kg/mm above the street baseline, giving the long wheelbase a platform that resists compression under sustained lateral load through faster sweepers. Damping is calibrated 30-50% firmer than a standard street setup, which replicates the control the Skyhook system delivers electronically – here delivered mechanically, without sensors or software in the loop. That firmer platform keeps tyre contact patch consistent over the surface variations the Rapide S encounters on a UK circuit’s slower infield sections, and it plants the rear axle more firmly on corner exit, where the V12’s torque can otherwise unsettle a softly damped rear.

About the Top Sport coilover

The Top Sport is XYZ Racing’s specification for drivers who split their mileage between road and occasional circuit use. Spring rates are set 2 kg/mm above the street calibration, and damping is increased by 30-50% over that same baseline – changes substantial enough that the kit absorbs the impact of uneven surfaces and suppresses body movement over large-scale bumps, while keeping tyre traction consistent when the suspension is loaded hard. All settings derive from XYZ’s own track-day testing programme, and the tune targets track day and aggressive driving use rather than outright club motorsport. The result is a coilover that stabilises the body without turning the ride into a punishment exercise on the road sections between circuits – a balance the grand tourer format of the Rapide S genuinely demands.

Fitment for the Aston Martin RAPIDE S (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) (2013-2026)

This kit covers the AS01-C chassis across the Rapide S production run from 2013 through 2026. The cancellation kit is included to suppress the fault codes triggered when the factory electronic damping system is disconnected – a necessary step for any fixed-rate coilover installation on this platform. Verify your specific model year against the chassis code before ordering.

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