XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Ferrari 488 GTB (without hydraulic lift system) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2016-2026

The 488 GTB was Ferrari’s pivot from naturally aspirated to twin-turbo flat-plane V8, and the chassis was tuned around the factory’s magnetorheological dampers and Side Slip Control logic. Strip that electronic damping out for a stage rally programme and the car needs a mechanical setup that can read broken tarmac, absorb a kerb at speed, and still keep 661bhp planted through a third-gear hairpin.

This is the XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover built specifically for the 488 GTB without the hydraulic lift system, supplied with the cancellation kit that severs the OE electronic damping circuit cleanly. It is a tarmac-stage rally damper – not a track coilover with a different sticker – and the valving and spring choice reflect that.

What this coilover does for your 2016-2026 Ferrari 488 GTB

On a sealed stage the 488 will be punished by mid-corner ridges, manhole covers, and the kind of surface change that unsettles a car set up for smooth circuit asphalt. The Tarmac Rally damping is built to soak the hit, recover quickly, and put the rear tyres back to the ground before the next throttle input. You get a wider compliance window than a circuit coilover without losing the body control needed to lean on Pilot Sport Cup 2s at stage pace. Front-end bite is sharper than the OE adaptive setup once it is calibrated for the surface, and the rear stays planted under the trail-brake into slow corners where the 488’s short wheelbase wants to step out. The cancellation kit means the dashboard no longer throws a damper-fault code once the magnetic units are removed.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

The Tarmac Rally specification is engineered around uneven pavement – the surface a sealed special stage actually delivers, not the polished asphalt of a Grand Prix circuit. The damping is tuned to absorb the jolt of larger bumps and joints so the body is suppressed quickly and the contact patch is loaded again for traction. Every setting in the kit is drawn from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally programme, where the work happens on stages with crests, compressions and broken surface in the same braking zone. Construction is consistent with the rest of the XYZ motorsport range, and the kit includes the dedicated cancellation harness required to remove the 488’s electronic damping system without leaving an open circuit on the CAN bus.

Fitment for the Ferrari 488 GTB (2016-2026)

Chassis code FE03-1-C, covering the 488 GTB build without the factory hydraulic nose lift. The cancellation kit supplied with this specific SKU is required because the 488’s magnetorheological dampers are an active OE component – the kit replaces that electronic loop so the conventional coilover hardware fits without throwing a fault. Confirm your car is not optioned with the hydraulic lift before ordering, as that variant uses a different front strut assembly.

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This is a stage-spec coilover for a serious 488 GTB rally build – configure yours below.