XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Audi RS5 B8 4WD 2010-2015

The B8-generation RS5’s quattro layout puts a heavy iron-block V8 over the front axle and drives all four corners, so on a sealed tarmac stage the car loads its outside-front and outside-rear corners together rather than pivoting on one axle the way a rear-drive coupe does. XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally coilover for the Audi RS5 B8 4WD (2010-2015) is built around that reality: a damper tuned to keep the car’s mass under control across the crests, compressions and mid-corner ruts that a closed road throws up at rally pace.

Where a Circuit or fast-road set-up assumes a resurfaced, predictable track, this Tarmac Rally spec is calibrated for the opposite – a stage surface that’s rarely flat and never fully consistent, where the RS5’s quattro system needs an even contact patch through direction changes rather than the lowest possible ride height.

What this coilover does for your 2010-2015 Audi RS5 B8 4WD

On a 2010-2015 Audi RS5 B8 4WD, the biggest change you’ll feel is how the car settles after a compression instead of skipping across it. The damper absorbs the jolt from a sudden bump or pothole rather than passing it straight into the chassis, which keeps the quattro system’s front and rear differentials loaded evenly instead of unweighting a corner mid-stage. That control translates directly into traction: the tyre stays in contact with a broken or cambered surface for longer, so the power the RS5’s V8 sends through all four wheels goes into forward motion rather than wheelspin. Body control through fast transitions – the quick left-right of a stage road rather than a circuit apex – improves as well, because the suspension is resisting the same uneven-pavement inputs the settings were developed against, not a smoothed-out kerb.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally coilover is a damper built specifically around broken-surface stage driving rather than a track unit repurposed for the job. Its valving is set up to absorb the impact of uneven and damaged tarmac – the sort of surface irregularity that would otherwise jolt the body and unsettle the chassis mid-stage – and to turn that control into usable tyre traction instead of a harsher ride. XYZ Racing is explicit that the range’s settings come from its own Tarmac Rally programme rather than being adapted from a road or circuit product, and the stated goal is straightforward vehicle stability so the car behaves predictably rather than reacting sharply to every change in the road. On a heavy, AWD coupe like the RS5 B8, that matters more than raw stiffness – a damper that absorbs a big hit without unsettling the car is worth more three corners into a stage than one that’s simply harder.

Fitment for the Audi RS5 B8 4WD (2010-2015)

This kit is built to the Audi RS5 B8 4WD’s chassis code AU28-2, covering cars produced from 2010 to 2015. It’s specified for the quattro all-wheel-drive platform, so front and rear geometry, spring perches and damper lengths are matched to the B8 RS5’s own mounting points rather than shared across the wider B8 range.

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This Tarmac Rally set-up is built specifically for the RS5 B8 4WD’s chassis code and quattro layout – configure yours below.