XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Volkswagen GOLF MK7 GTI φ55 (Modified Rear Integrated) 2013-2020

The Mk7 GTI’s MQB-platform front end carries more weight over the front axle than any Golf GTI before it, and that mass shows up under trail-braking and hard direction changes as a nose that wants to push wide before the factory dampers can catch up. XYZ Racing’s Street Advanced coilover for the Volkswagen Golf Mk7 GTI φ55 (Modified Rr Integrated) (2013-2020) replaces that factory-tuned compliance with damping you set yourself, without giving up the ride quality that makes a GTI liveable every day.

Street Advanced sits between XYZ’s comfort-first and track-only ranges – firm enough to control body roll when the EA888’s torque is loading the front wheels through a corner, adaptable enough to soften back off for the motorway run home. It suits owners who use one Golf for the commute and the odd track day, rather than a car that only sees a paddock.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2020 Volkswagen GOLF MK7 GTI φ55 (Modified Rr Integrated)

Fit this kit and the first thing you notice under acceleration is how much less the front end squirms as torque steer tries to load one front tyre more than the other – tighter damping control keeps both tyres working together instead of fighting the XDS electronic diff for grip. Into a corner, reduced dive under trail-braking means the nose settles rather than wallowing, so you can trust the front end to bite when you turn in. The 720-way damping adjustment lets you find a setting for daily comfort and a firmer setting for a Sunday B-road run or track day, rather than living with one factory compromise across both. A lower, adjustable ride height also brings the centre of gravity down, cutting the body roll that the Mk7’s extra kerb weight over the Mk6 otherwise introduces mid-corner.

About the Street Advanced coilover

XYZ Racing built Street Advanced as its core product, refined over years of development and proven through use in international racing before being tuned back for road-legal spring rates and day-to-day comfort. It carries 720 individual damping settings, a far finer adjustment window than the handful of clicks most off-the-shelf coilovers offer, so you can land on the setting you actually want rather than splitting the difference between two that are both slightly wrong. XYZ positions it as equipment for drivers chasing genuine control over how the car rides and handles, not just a lower stance, and for this Golf fitment that means a φ55 strut body sized to the loads the MQB front end puts through the front axle. The result is a kit built to do the same job on a normal commute as it does on a track day, without needing to be swapped out for either.

Fitment for the Volkswagen GOLF MK7 GTI φ55 (Modified Rr Integrated) (2013-2020)

This kit is built specifically for the Volkswagen Golf Mk7 GTI, chassis code VO20-8, covering the 2013 to 2020 production run. The φ55 designation confirms the strut body diameter used for this application, and the Modified Rr Integrated spec means the rear shock is set up with an integrated mount for this chassis. Check your Golf falls within this exact model and year range before ordering.

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Street Advanced brings 720-way adjustability to a Golf that already rewards a driver asking more of it – configure yours below to match your spec.