XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Chrysler PROWLER 1997-2002

The Chrysler Prowler is one of the strangest factory chassis ever to wear a Tarmac Rally coilover. A hot-rod-styled roadster on a unique aluminium-intensive platform, with a transaxle layout, open-wheel front end and a kerb weight under 1,300kg – it was built to look the part rather than to corner. The factory damping is soft, the body moves around on its springs, and the front end loads up long before the rear catches up. That is exactly the kind of chassis that benefits most from a properly built rally-spec coilover.

Fitted to a Prowler being used in earnest on closed tarmac stages or fast B-road work, the XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover transforms the way the car settles between corners. The aluminium chassis stops floating, the front end starts loading predictably, and the unique transaxle weight balance suddenly works for you instead of against you.

What this coilover does for your 1997-2002 Chrysler Prowler

The Tarmac Rally damping platform is built to absorb sudden vertical hits without unloading the contact patch – the exact failure mode the Prowler exhibits on broken tarmac, where its long wheelbase and stiff aluminium structure transmit every joint and ridge straight through the body. Once the damping is tuned for stage-grade impacts, the front tyres stop skating across mid-corner bumps and the rear axle stops kicking sideways under throttle. Body roll comes under control without making the car brittle over expansion joints. Brake-stab into a tightening corner becomes a planned move rather than a moment of faith. The whole car feels shorter, lower and more willing to rotate – which is exactly what the Prowler’s open-wheel front end has always promised but never delivered from the factory.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally damper is engineered specifically for sealed-stage rally work and the road-rally events that sit alongside it. The valving philosophy is built around absorbing the jolt of large, sudden impacts – kerbs, broken tarmac, mid-corner crests – while keeping the body controlled enough for the tyre to stay loaded through the strike. The result is a damper that suppresses shock-body movement without locking out compliance, so traction holds through impact zones where a stiffer track damper would skip. Every setting in the Tarmac Rally range is drawn directly from XYZ Racing’s own competition experience on tarmac stages, which is why the damping curves favour real-world bump absorption over headline spring rates.

Fitment for the Chrysler Prowler (1997-2002)

This coilover is built specifically for the Chrysler Prowler chassis code CR04, covering the full 1997 to 2002 production run. The Prowler’s unique aluminium platform, transaxle drivetrain and bespoke front suspension geometry mean fitment is application-specific – this kit is engineered around the factory mounting points and load paths of that platform.

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Configure your spring rate and ride height below to build the Tarmac Rally setup that matches how you actually drive the car.