XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Audi A5 B8 COUPE 4WD (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2007-2016

The B8 A5 quattro arrived with Audi’s optional DCC electronic damping – a system that must be cleanly defeated before any aftermarket coilover can function correctly on the car. This Tarmac Rally kit includes the cancellation hardware to do exactly that, removing the DCC system from the loop and handing control of the damping entirely to the coilover itself.

On sealed tarmac stages, the B8’s longitudinal quattro drivetrain brings genuine advantages – the Torsen centre differential distributes torque predictably across rapidly changing surface conditions – but the platform’s weight biased towards the nose demands dampers that can manage sharp, high-amplitude inputs at pace without losing the A5’s inherent stability.

What this coilover does for your 2007-2016 Audi A5 B8 COUPE 4WD

Where OEM springs and standard damper geometry begin to run out of composure at stage speeds, the Tarmac Rally coilover is designed to absorb the concentrated impacts of uneven tarmac – road crests, compression ripples, and single-event bumps that would otherwise transfer directly through the body. Managing those inputs keeps the B8’s chassis stable and the quattro drive distributed, and that body control directly improves tyre contact patch consistency. On a tarmac stage, consistent contact means better braking stability and a steering response that holds its character rather than shifting as the surface deteriorates. The DCC cancellation is not an afterthought here – removing the electronic damping system is the prerequisite that lets the Tarmac Rally unit work as intended on the A5 B8.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

Every setting in the Tarmac Rally range is derived from XYZ Racing’s own competition experience on sealed stages, not adapted from a road or circuit product. The damper is built around tarmac rally’s specific demands: absorbing the impact of irregular surface patches at competition speeds, managing the body motion that follows a large single-event bump, and maintaining tyre load across the kind of surface variation typical of public-road stage events. Where road-oriented coilovers are calibrated for repetitive, low-amplitude inputs, the Tarmac Rally unit is tuned for the less predictable, high-speed loads of actual stage competition. Construction and valving directly reflect what XYZ Racing’s teams have learned running tarmac conditions rather than modelling them in isolation.

Fitment for the Audi A5 B8 COUPE 4WD (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) (2007-2016)

This coilover kit covers the Audi A5 B8 Coupe in 4WD quattro specification, chassis code AU24-C, across the 2007 to 2016 model years. The cancellation kit is specific to cars originally built with Audi DCC (Dynamic Chassis Control) – confirm your factory option before ordering, as the cancellation hardware in this configuration is required to remove the OEM electronic damper control cleanly before installation.

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The A5 B8 quattro Tarmac Rally specification is available to configure below.