XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Porsche CAYMAN (981) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2012-2016

The 981 Cayman’s mid-engine layout gives it a neutral, planted rotation that plenty of owners rate above the earlier 987 and, for some, above the 718 that eventually replaced it. On cars specified with PASM, though, the factory’s electronic dampers are wired into their own control logic, and fitting a manual coilover without addressing that system leaves a dashboard full of warning lights and a car that thinks its suspension has failed. This Super Sport kit is built with a cancellation kit for electronic damping specifically to solve that, removing the PASM units and their sensors while keeping the electronics satisfied.

Aimed at fast-road driving with regular track days rather than a dedicated race build, Super Sport trades outright stiffness for a wider usable window: adjustable ride height, 36-way damping control, and a setup that copes with a commute one day and a trackday the next without parts changes in between.

What this coilover brings to your build

On a 981 Cayman, the mid-engine weight distribution already does most of the work of keeping the car flat and predictable through direction changes; this kit gives you the means to sharpen that further. Independent ride height adjustment lets you drop the centre of gravity for track days or set a daily-usable stance without touching spring preload, and the 36-way damping range means you can firm up compression and rebound for a circuit session, then wind it back for broken B-road tarmac on the way home. Because the cancellation kit removes PASM from the equation entirely, the ride quality you get is whatever you dial in on the damper, not whatever the factory ECU decides is appropriate that day.

About the Super Sport coilover

Super Sport is built to take the harshness out of poor road surfaces and expansion-joint impacts without letting the car wallow, which is the balance a PASM-equipped Cayman owner is usually chasing when they move to a manual setup. Ride height is adjustable independently of the spring, so corner weighting and stance can be set without altering the damper’s working range. The 36-way adjustment spans a genuinely wide window, from a settling, compliant setting for daily roads through to a firmer, flatter setting for a weekend on circuit, all on the same damper. It’s positioned as a dual-use unit rather than a single-purpose track damper, which suits a Cayman that’s as likely to be driven to the circuit as trailered to one.

Fitment for the Porsche Cayman (981) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) (2012-2016)

This kit fits the 981-generation Porsche Cayman built between 2012 and 2016, and is specifically the version for cars originally fitted with PASM electronic damping. The cancellation kit is what makes that swap possible without triggering suspension fault warnings, so confirm your car has factory PASM before ordering this variant rather than the standard Super Sport fitment.

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Configure your Super Sport spec for the 981 Cayman below.