XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Subaru LEGACY BN/BS 4WD 2014-2020

The BN/BS Legacy’s symmetrical AWD system pushes power through all four corners at once, which means the chassis needs suspension that keeps every contact patch loaded evenly through compressions and off-camber crests, not a setup tuned purely for grip on one axle. Sealed-stage tarmac rally throws exactly that kind of test at a car – blind crests, mid-corner ridges, hard braking into hairpins – and stock dampers on a car this size struggle to keep the body settled through it.

XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally coilover is built for that discipline specifically, not adapted from a circuit-day product. It absorbs the jolt of broken tarmac and mid-corner bumps without unsettling the Legacy’s nose, so power gets put down through the road rather than soaked up by a chassis still recovering from the last hit.

What this coilover does for your 2014-2020 Subaru LEGACY BN/BS 4WD

On stage, the biggest gain is body control over compressions – the damper absorbs the impact from broken surfaces and big hits without kicking the rear end sideways, which matters on a car carrying the Legacy’s kerb weight into a hairpin at speed. Traction improves too: by suppressing shock body movement instead of letting it float, the tyre keeps a consistent contact patch on the road, and with AWD sending power through all four corners that translates directly into corner-exit drive. Stance drops and roll tightens, so weight transfer during hard direction changes becomes more predictable, and the car reports back through the wheel where the front axle is loaded rather than washing wide over a mid-corner bump. Over a full stage or a hard fast-road drive, the result is a Legacy that holds its line through repeated compressions instead of pattering and losing composure.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

The Tarmac Rally line is built around one job: soaking up the impact of broken and uneven road surface without letting that impact travel into the chassis as body movement. Where a road-biased coilover can get caught out by a sharp mid-stage bump, this damper is calibrated to absorb a hard hit and settle again quickly, keeping the tyre loaded through the compression instead of letting it skip across it. That control is what keeps traction consistent when the surface throws a genuine jolt rather than a gentle undulation, and it’s the difference between a car that stays planted through a stage and one that steps sideways under power. The valving and spring rates on this range come directly from XYZ’s own tarmac rally programme, carried over from actual stage running rather than worked out purely on a test bench, which is why it behaves the way it does over a rough compression rather than just a smooth circuit kerb. Fitted to the Legacy, it keeps the body settled enough that the AWD system can do its job of putting power down evenly, instead of fighting a chassis that’s still unsettled from the last hit.

Fitment for the Subaru LEGACY BN/BS (2014-2020)

This kit is built for the BN/BS-generation Subaru Legacy in 4WD configuration, covering the 2014 to 2020 model years under chassis code SU17-1. Confirm your Legacy is the BN/BS 4WD variant before ordering, as suspension geometry and mounting points are specific to this generation.

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Match the kit to how you’re using the car – configure your Tarmac Rally spec for the Legacy BN/BS below.