XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Mazda 5 2005-2010

The Mazda 5 MA05 is a tall, family-shaped MPV riding on a Ford C1/Mazda3-derived platform, and the standard suspension was tuned for school runs and motorway cruising rather than apex speed. That tall ride height and soft spring rate combine to give the kind of body roll and nose-dive that makes a 1.5-tonne, six-seat MPV feel its weight the moment you ask anything of it. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover is built to take that compromise apart.

This kit is aimed at owners who want their MA05 to corner flat, brake without pitching, and sit with deliberate stance instead of factory wallow. Tarmac Rally damping leans firm but not punishing, with the bandwidth to handle both rough B-road surfaces and the kind of broken tarmac stage rallies are run on.

What this coilover does for your 2005-2010 Mazda 5

Body roll on the MA05 is the first thing to go. The Tarmac Rally springs and revalved damping plant the chassis flat through quick direction changes, which matters on a vehicle this tall where weight transfer is exaggerated. Ride-height adjustment lets you drop the centre of gravity and tighten the wheel-arch gap that the standard car wears so visibly. 30-way damping adjustment gives you a real range between compliant for daily commuting and tied-down for spirited driving, so a single kit covers the school run and the Sunday blast. Pillowball top mounts sharpen steering response off-centre, which is a noticeable lift on a chassis that originally prioritised isolation over feedback.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally sits between the road-biased Super Sport and the dedicated Gravel Rally kit, with a damping curve calibrated for sealed-surface stage work and rough public roads. Construction is monotube with a hardened-steel piston rod and an aluminium alloy lower bracket, which keeps unsprung mass in check and improves heat dissipation under sustained load. The 30-way damping adjuster sits at the top of the strut for accessible tuning, and spring rates are matched to the platform’s weight rather than copy-pasted from a sportier model. Independent ride-height adjustment, separate from spring preload, means you can lower the car without binding the spring or losing usable stroke. The whole assembly is built to be rebuildable rather than thrown away when the seals eventually go.

Fitment for the Mazda 5 (2005-2010)

This kit is matched to the first-generation Mazda 5 (chassis code MA05), covering model years 2005 to 2010 inclusive. The bracketry, spring rates and damping curve are specified for this exact platform and its kerb weight – it is not a re-boxed Mazda3 kit, even though the two cars share architectural DNA.

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The configurator below lets you set spring rates, top-mount choice and any optional spec – build yours below.