XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Honda CIVIC TOURER FK3 2013-2017

Sealed-stage tarmac rally asks one thing of a damper: keep the contact patch loaded when the surface stops cooperating. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover for the Honda Civic Tourer FK3 is built around that single problem – the mid-corner ridge, the compression into a downhill hairpin, the camber change that unsettles a long-wheelbase estate at commitment.

The FK3 is an unusual rally base. It carries more rear overhang than the hatch, and the estate body shell shifts the weight balance further back than an FK2 owner would recognise. That changes how the rear axle behaves over stage-spec tarmac, and this kit is valved with that geometry in mind rather than borrowed from the saloon platform.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2017 Honda Civic Tourer

On a stage surface the Tarmac Rally damping lets the wheel travel through a sharp compression without packing down, so the front tyres stay loaded into the apex instead of skating wide. Big single hits – kerb strikes, drainage covers, broken asphalt at the edge of the racing line – are absorbed cleanly rather than ricocheting back through the chassis. You feel that as a steering rack that stays accurate when the road surface degrades, and a rear axle that follows the front through quick direction changes instead of stepping out of phase. For an FK3 used on tarmac stages or fast B-road testing, the gain is traction held under throttle in places a road-spring car would have already broken grip.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

This is a damper engineered specifically for sealed-surface rally use, not a circuit kit re-labelled. The valving is set to absorb the jolt of a heavy compression – the kind of impact you get carrying speed over a crested junction – and then recover the body quickly enough to plant the tyre for the next input. Shock travel is used to suppress chassis movement rather than soak it up indefinitely, which is what keeps the tyre’s contact patch loaded and traction available. Every setting in the kit is drawn from XYZ’s own tarmac rally programme, so the baseline calibration reflects stage data rather than dyno theory. The result is a coilover that handles broken pavement without losing the chassis discipline you need for committed cornering.

Fitment for the Honda Civic Tourer (2013-2017)

This kit is built for the FK3 chassis Civic Tourer, the estate variant produced from 2013 to 2017. Confirm your chassis code matches FK3 before ordering – the hatch FK2 and saloon variants use different mounting geometry and are listed separately.

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Pick your spring rates, ride height and damping spec for the FK3 below and build the kit to suit your stage calendar.