XYZ Racing Gravel Rally Coilovers — Mazda MX-5 MIATA / ROADSTER 1998-2005

The NB MX-5’s loose-surface manners are the whole point of fitting a gravel-spec coilover to one. Body roll that feels playful on tarmac becomes a liability the moment the surface turns to dirt, gravel, or broken farm-track tarmac, and the stock dampers run out of travel long before the chassis runs out of grip. The XYZ Racing Gravel Rally coilover is built for exactly that brief on the 1998-2005 MX-5.

Long-travel damping, raised ride height options, and bump-absorbing valving give the NB the compliance it needs to actually use its short wheelbase and light kerb weight on stages where the road surface is the variable, not the car.

What this coilover does for your 1998-2005 Mazda MX-5 MIATA / ROADSTER

On a gravel or mixed-surface stage the NB rewards a chassis that can soak up a stutter section without skipping, then settle on the exit of a slow corner without pogo-ing the rear. The Gravel Rally damping does both: high-speed bump compliance protects the contact patch over surface noise, while the low-speed circuit keeps the body from wallowing on direction changes. Raised ride height clears typical rally-stage debris and rutting without surrendering the geometry the MX-5’s double-wishbone front end was designed around. Adjustable damping lets you firm things up for tarmac road sections between stages without breaking out tools.

About the Gravel Rally coilover

The Gravel Rally is the loose-surface variant of XYZ Racing’s coilover platform, valved for stage-rally use rather than circuit or fast-road compromise. Construction follows the same monotube logic as the rest of the range, with damping curves rebuilt around long-travel absorption rather than tight body control. Ride height is raised from a circuit baseline to give the suspension somewhere to go on compression hits, and rebound is calibrated to settle quickly after the spring unloads over a crest. Spring rates are softer than the tarmac-focused coilovers in the line-up, which is the correct call: a stiff spring on a gravel surface just skips the tyre across the top of the stones instead of letting it dig in.

Fitment for the Mazda MX-5 MIATA / ROADSTER (1998-2005)

This coilover is built for the NB-generation MX-5 Miata / Roadster, chassis code MA24, across the full 1998-2005 production run. Fitment covers the standard NB platform.

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