XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Audi A5 B8 CONVERTIBLE 4WD 2009-2016

The A5 B8 Convertible carries extra structural bracing and weight over its coupe sibling to compensate for the missing roof, and that added mass shows up first at corner entry and under hard braking – exactly where a Tarmac Rally coilover is meant to keep the car composed. This kit brings a sealed-stage rally set-up to the road-legal quattro Cabriolet, built for surfaces that switch from clean, fast tarmac to broken, cambered stage roads inside a single run.

Fitted to the 2009-2016 A5 B8 Convertible, it follows the same platform philosophy XYZ Racing runs on its tarmac rally cars: firm enough to control the quattro drivetrain’s extra unsprung mass through fast direction changes, compliant enough to keep the tyre loaded the moment the surface breaks up mid-stage. It replaces the standard suspension geometry with a set-up calibrated for stage pace rather than showroom ride comfort.

What this coilover does for your 2009-2016 Audi A5 B8 Convertible 4WD

On the road, the Tarmac Rally set-up keeps the quattro system’s extra driveline weight in check without the ride becoming brittle over broken B-road tarmac. It absorbs the hit from a sharp ridge or pothole rather than passing it straight into the body structure, and it holds the tyre’s contact patch down instead of letting the wheel skip across the bump. That shows up as real stability under trail braking into a hairpin and through fast direction changes, situations where the standard Convertible’s extra flex would otherwise unsettle the rear. The result is a car that turns in predictably and holds its line whether the surface is smooth blacktop or the patched, uneven tarmac typical of UK B-roads and closed-road stages.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally is built specifically for sealed-stage rally use, where a car needs to shrug off the sort of surface damage that a smooth-road coilover would transmit straight into the chassis: ridges, patched repairs, sudden camber changes. The damper is tuned to absorb the impact of rough, uneven pavement, taking the jolt out of a big compression event so the body doesn’t pitch or squat and the tyre keeps its footprint planted. That control is what keeps a car stable and predictable through a stage instead of skittish over the bumps. The valving in this kit comes directly from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally programme, carried over from cars actually run on closed-road events rather than adapted from a generic road tune.

Fitment for the Audi A5 B8 Convertible (2009-2016)

This kit is built for the Audi A5 B8 Convertible 4WD, chassis code AU26, across the 2009 to 2016 production run. It’s specified for the quattro all-wheel-drive Cabriolet body specifically, not the coupe or Sportback, so the geometry and travel account for the Convertible’s own mounting points and weight distribution.

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Each Tarmac Rally kit for the A5 B8 Convertible is built to a specific spring rate and valving spec – configure yours below to match how you’ll actually run the car.