XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi A8 4WD (OE FOR AIR STRUT) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2007-2010

The D3 A8 4WD was sold on a cushion of air, and a decade-and-a-half later that air suspension is the single biggest reason these big quattro saloons end up parked. The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover for the 2007-2010 Audi A8 is the conversion route out of that dead-end – a full 36-way adjustable coilover kit that includes the cancellation harness needed to silence the electronic damping fault codes the car will otherwise throw the moment the air struts come off.

This is a fast-road-biased kit with enough range to take a weekend track session in its stride. For the A8 specifically, that combination matters: this is a two-tonne luxury saloon with a nose-heavy 4.2 V8 or 3.0 TDI sat ahead of the front axle, and the factory air setup masks how much mass is actually moving around. The Super Sport gives you a way to dial that out without throwing parts at a problem you cannot adjust.

What this coilover does for your 2007-2010 Audi A8

The first thing owners notice after the swap is that the car stops sagging on one corner overnight. The second is that body control under braking finally matches what the brakes can actually do – the D3 has serious stopping hardware, but on tired air struts the nose dives so far the ABS gets busy long before the pads do. Wound onto the Super Sport’s 36-way damping, you can firm the front for trail-braking into a roundabout or a circuit apex, then back the rears off a few clicks so the car still settles on a motorway expansion joint. Ride height adjustment lets you drop the stance to match the wider track of the 4WD chassis without the rolling-on-the-bumpstops feel that lowering springs alone give a heavy car. The included cancellation kit clears the dash warning and stops the ECU hunting for a strut that is no longer there.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s road-and-light-track damper, built around a 36-way single-knob adjuster that controls compression and rebound together. The platform is engineered to absorb the bumps and broken tarmac that destroy stiffer track-only coilovers on UK B-roads, while still giving a usable spring rate and damping curve for weekend circuit work. Ride height is adjustable on the body rather than by preload, so corner balance can be set without changing spring rate. For an air-sprung car like the D3 A8, the kit ships specifically as a conversion package – the Audi-specific cancellation harness is part of the SKU, not an extra you have to source. The damper itself is suitable for daily use and weekend race scenarios, which is the right brief for a heavy luxury saloon that the owner still wants to drive to work on Monday.

Fitment for the Audi A8 (2007-2010)

This kit fits the D3-platform Audi A8 quattro 4WD running OE air struts, chassis code AU42-C, model years 2007 to 2010. The cancellation harness for the electronic damping system is included in the kit, which is what makes this SKU distinct from the standard coilover listing for the same chassis.

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