XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Subaru LEGACY BD/BG/BK 1993-1998

The second-generation Legacy is the car that put Subaru on the rally map before the Impreza inherited the crown, and the BD saloon and BG estate still carry that EJ-powered, symmetrical-AWD bias toward a long, planted wheelbase. That length is a gift on a fast sealed stage and a liability over broken tarmac, where the standard damping runs out of travel and the nose starts to pitch. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover for the Subaru Legacy BD/BG/BK (1993-1998) is built specifically for that surface: stage tarmac that looks smooth from the service park and turns out to be anything but.

This is not a fast-road kit pressed into rally duty. The Tarmac Rally damping is valved to soak up sharp intrusions – kerbs, ruts, mid-corner heaves – while keeping the AWD platform settled enough to put power down on corner exit. For a 1990s Subaru Legacy being driven the way it was built to be driven, that is the whole point.

What this coilover does for your 1993-1998 Subaru LEGACY BD/BG/BK

After fitting, the first thing you feel on the Legacy is composure over surface that used to unsettle the car. The valving absorbs the jolt of a big bump and suppresses the secondary shock through the body, so the chassis stays flat instead of skipping. That translates directly into traction: with all four tyres staying loaded over a broken section, the symmetrical AWD system has something to work with, and the car drives off the corner rather than scrabbling. Ride height is adjustable so you can set the rake the BD saloon or BG estate needs for your stage profile, and the recovered body control gives you cleaner turn-in on a platform whose longer wheelbase otherwise wants to wash wide.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

The Tarmac Rally damper is engineered around one job: managing the impact of uneven pavement at speed. Its valving is set to absorb large bumps and kerb strikes without packing down, then settle quickly so the contact patch is reloaded for the next input. By controlling that shock through the bodyshell, it keeps the tyre planted and maximises traction across surfaces that punish a road-biased damper. The result is the stability that lets you commit through a corner you would otherwise have to feather. Every setting carries over from XYZ Racing’s own Tarmac Rally programme, so the baseline you bolt on is a competition starting point, not a generic compromise tuned for the showroom.

Fitment for the Subaru LEGACY BD/BG/BK (1993-1998)

This kit is built for the second-generation Subaru Legacy, chassis code SU14, covering the BD saloon, BG touring wagon and BK variants across the 1993 to 1998 model years. It suits both the sedan and estate bodies on this platform. Confirm your exact chassis code and build year against the options below before ordering.

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Set your ride height and choose the spec for your BD, BG or BK Legacy in the configurator below.