XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Volkswagen GOLF MK7 GTI φ55 (Modified Rear Integrated) 2013-2020

The MK7 Golf GTI’s multi-link rear axle and stiff MQB shell were built for a smooth circuit, not a rutted stage – hit a mid-corner compression on loose tarmac and the standard dampers run out of ideas fast. XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally coilover recalibrates that rear end specifically for sealed-stage work, where big hits arrive without warning and the car needs to stay planted through them.

This φ55 monotube-bodied kit is built for the Modified Rr Integrated rear subframe fitment on the MK7 GTI, matched to a chassis that already loads its front axle hard under trail-braking into a stage corner thanks to the turbocharged EA888 four. For 2013-2020 Golf GTIs running full rally preparation, this coilover is the suspension half of that build, set up to take repeated big hits rather than just absorb the odd pothole.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2020 Volkswagen GOLF MK7 GTI φ55 (Modified Rr Integrated)

On loose or damp tarmac stages, the Golf’s nose wants to dive and the rear wants to step sideways the moment the surface breaks up – this coilover’s damping is set up to control both without the car feeling wooden over crests. The 55mm monotube body gives the shock more oil volume and a bigger piston face than the factory strut, which matters when a stage throws consecutive compressions rather than one clean bump. Because the kit is built specifically around the Modified Rr Integrated rear geometry, the rear axle keeps its intended camber curve under load instead of fighting the multi-link mounts. The result on your GTI is a car that keeps its tyres loaded through a rough corner exit rather than skipping across the surface, and traction off the throttle stays consistent from the first stage to the last.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

XYZ Racing built the Tarmac Rally line for exactly the conditions the name implies: sealed-stage events where the road surface is broken, patched and uneven rather than smooth circuit tarmac. The damper is tuned to soak up the impact of that rough surface and to absorb a big, sudden hit – a pothole or a crest landing – without transmitting the full shock into the body shell. Keeping that shock out of the chassis is what keeps the tyre loaded and gripping rather than skipping, and it’s the difference between a car that stays composed at speed on a stage and one that starts to float. The damping curve, spring rates and valving on this kit come directly from XYZ’s own tarmac rally racing programme rather than a generic road-car baseline, carried over into a coilover you fit to your own Golf rather than build from a spec sheet.

Fitment for the Volkswagen GOLF MK7 GTI φ55 (Modified Rr Integrated) (2013-2020)

This kit is coded VO20-8 against the MK7 Golf GTI built between 2013 and 2020, specifically the φ55 strut spec with the Modified Rr Integrated rear subframe. Confirm your car matches that rear-end configuration before ordering, since the Golf’s rear mounting changed across the MK7’s production run and the geometry only lines up on this bracket type.

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Spec is everything on a stage car – pick your damping and spring rate for this MK7 GTI fitment in the configurator below.