XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — BMW X5 E70 4WD (NON AIR STRUT) 2007-2013

The E70 X5 is a 2.2-tonne SUV with a permanent xDrive driveline and, in non-air-strut form, conventional steel springs over a long-travel strut front and multi-link rear. That mass and that ride height are exactly what kills lap times and rally stages alike – body roll loads the outside front, the nose dives under braking, and the rear lifts on power. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover is built to put that weight back where the tyres can use it.

This is the sealed-stage tarmac specification, not a fast-road kit pretending to do rally work. The damping curves come from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally programme, where uneven pavement, broken kerbs and sudden surface changes are the norm rather than the exception on a smooth circuit.

What this coilover does for your 2007-2013 Bmw X5 E70 4WD (NON AIR Strut)

Lowering an X5 onto a properly-valved coilover transforms how the front axle behaves on turn-in. Roll centres move, weight transfer slows down, and the outside front tyre stops being asked to do everything on its own. On a long, uneven tarmac stage that means the xDrive system can actually distribute torque the way BMW intended, rather than fighting a chassis that is mid-pitch every time the road surface changes. Braking into a hairpin, the nose stays composed instead of pitching forward and unloading the rear. Across compressions and crests the damper absorbs the hit and returns to ride height fast enough that the next input – steering, brake or throttle – lands on a settled platform. Tyre traction goes up because the contact patch stops being a moving target.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

This is a damper engineered specifically for tarmac rally use, where the surface is paved but rarely smooth. The valving is built to absorb large single-hit impacts – broken kerbing, expansion joints, sudden bumps mid-corner – without crashing through or rebounding uncontrollably. The objective is to suppress body shock so the chassis stays composed and the tyres stay loaded, even when the road throws something unexpected at the car. Every setting in the kit comes out of XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally racing programme, which is where the damping logic was developed and where it has been refined. For a heavy 4WD platform like the E70 X5, that experience matters: rally-derived valving handles the impact loads a 2-tonne chassis generates far better than a circuit-only coilover that assumes glass-smooth tarmac.

Fitment for the Bmw X5 (2007-2013)

This kit is built specifically for the E70-generation X5 with the conventional steel-spring strut setup, chassis code BM69-1-1, covering the 2007 through 2013 model years. It is not compatible with E70 variants fitted from the factory with the air-spring rear suspension – confirm your car has non-air struts before ordering.

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Configure your spring rates and ride height below to spec the kit for your E70.