XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Honda ELEMENT YH1/YH2 2003-2011

The Honda Element YH1/YH2 is a tall, slab-sided crossover riding on a Civic-derived platform, and that combination is exactly what punishes a stock damper on a sealed rally stage. Body roll arrives early, the rear axle skips over mid-corner ripples, and the front struts run out of travel control long before the tyres do. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover is built for that fight – a sealed-stage rally damper carrying settings developed from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally programme, rather than a re-badged fast-road kit.

For a Honda Element YH1/YH2 used on closed-road events, hill climbs or fast B-road reconnaissance, this is the type in the XYZ catalogue that targets the right brief: keep the tyre planted over patched, cambered tarmac without softening the platform to the point of wallow.

What this coilover does for your 2003-2011 Honda Element

On a chassis as tall as the Element, the felt change is in how the body settles. The Tarmac Rally damping curve is built to absorb the jolt from sharp mid-corner bumps and broken patches without sending the shock back up through the body, so the YH1/YH2’s high roof stops dictating where the car wants to go. Front-end response sharpens because the strut isn’t pogoing on compression rebound, and turn-in becomes something you can lean on rather than guess at.

Traction is the bigger gain. Sealed-stage tarmac rewards a damper that lets the tyre follow the road surface instead of skipping across it, and the XYZ tune prioritises that contact patch under braking and on power. The result on the Element is a car that finally uses its tyres, with a stability margin that holds when the surface goes from smooth to broken inside a single corner.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

The Tarmac Rally is a purpose-specific damper in the XYZ Racing line, separated from the fast-road and circuit options because the brief is different. It’s engineered to absorb the impact of uneven pavement – the patched, cambered, kerb-skirted surfaces that define a sealed-stage event – while suppressing body shock so the chassis stays composed across consecutive hits.

The damping settings are not theoretical. XYZ states the calibration is drawn from the company’s own tarmac rally racing experience, which is the rationale for offering it as a distinct type rather than just another spring rate option on a generic kit. The construction goal is to hold tyre traction when a circuit-focused damper would unload the inside wheel over a bump, and to let the driver predict vehicle stability when the road surface stops cooperating.

For owners of the YH1/YH2, that focus matters. The Element’s tall body and Civic-derived underpinnings respond best to a damper tuned for compliance under impact, not a stiff circuit setup that fights the chassis.

Fitment for the Honda ELEMENT YH1/YH2 (2003-2011)

This coilover is fitment-coded to the HN31 chassis Honda Element YH1/YH2, covering the 2003 to 2011 production years. SKU XYZ-COIL-HN31-TR is the Tarmac Rally type for that platform – pick your spring rate and any additional options in the configurator below.

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Pick your spring rate and spec for the Honda Element YH1/YH2 in the configurator below.