XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Ford FOCUS ST MK4 HATCHBACK 2019-2026

The MK4 Focus ST arrived with a 2.3-litre EcoBoost putting 276bhp through the front axle, an electronic limited-slip diff, and a McPherson strut front end that the factory CCD dampers were never going to keep composed over a closed-road stage. Run it hard down a B-road and the FO28 platform shows its hand quickly: front-axle squat under throttle, a nose that wants to wash wide on broken surfaces, and rebound that can’t track a series of mid-corner compressions without going light over the crest.

The Tarmac Rally coilover is the answer for owners taking an ST onto sealed-stage events or the kind of rough fast road where a Top Sport set-up would be hitting bump stops by the third corner. It carries the damping authority to soak repeat hits without unloading the contact patch.

What this coilover does for your 2019-2026 Ford Focus ST MK4 Hatchback

Settle the front end on turn-in and the ST’s e-LSD finally gets a stable platform to work against, which is where the real time on a stage gets found. The Tarmac Rally damping is tuned to absorb big single hits – kerbs, surface changes, the patched repairs that litter UK rally venues – without pitching the body or pinging the tyre into the air. Across washboard surfaces it suppresses secondary motion so the chassis stays flat and the wheel keeps loaded, which translates directly into traction out of slower corners. Ride height and corner-weight adjustment let you set the MK4 lower at the nose to reduce that factory rake, or balance it flat for stage work. On the road it gives you a setup that copes with broken tarmac without the harshness you’d get from a circuit-biased coilover wound too stiff.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

The Tarmac Rally is engineered specifically for sealed-stage tarmac competition rather than circuit work or fast-road use. Damping valving is built around absorbing the impact of uneven pavement – the kind of surface that rewards a long, controlled stroke over a short, stiff one – and suppressing shock body movement so the tyre stays planted through the hit. The brief is increased traction over genuinely poor surfaces, which means the platform stays in contact with the road where a stiffer track-day damper would skip. Stability through compressions and mid-corner bumps is the headline benefit; you get a chassis that does what your inputs ask, not one that’s reacting to whatever the road last threw at it. All settings carry over from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally programme, so this is a starting point built from competition experience rather than a generic adjustable strut.

Fitment for the Ford Focus ST MK4 Hatchback (2019-2026)

Designed for the MK4 Focus ST hatchback on the FO28 chassis code, covering the 2.3 EcoBoost cars from the 2019 model year through the 2026 run-out. Fits the standard hatchback bodystyle – confirm your chassis code matches before ordering.

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Pick your spring rate, top mount and ride-height spec in the configurator below.