
The G31 Touring was never built with loose-surface stages in mind. BMW gave it self-levelling rear air struts to swallow a fully-loaded estate at autobahn pace, which is exactly the component that has to go before a 5 Series can ever see a gravel special stage. The XYZ Racing Pro Rally is the kit that replaces that air strut entirely and turns a long-wheelbase executive Touring into something that will take repeated landings, hard cambers and ruts without bottoming or wallowing.
This is the professional-spec variant, intended for a chassis that has already been modified to accept proper rally hardware – not a bolt-on for a stock G31 daily. If you are building a G31 for tarmac rally, gravel events or snow stages, this is the suspension that assumes the rest of the car is being built around it.
What this coilover does for your 2017-2026 Bmw 5 Series G31 (OE for Rear Air Strut) Touring
The first thing it does is solve the rear-axle problem. Deleting the OE air strut and replacing it with a proper damper-and-spring unit removes the single biggest reliability concern on a hard-driven G31, and it gives you a rear end that responds to driver input instead of self-correcting half a second late. Front-end response sharpens because both ends are now talking to each other on the same damping curve.
Over rough surfaces you get real wheel travel and real rebound control, so the car stays composed when the road surface stops being a road. Ride height, corner balance and damping are all in the operator’s hands, which is the whole point of running a rally-grade coilover on a chassis this long and this heavy.
About the Pro Rally coilover
The Pro Rally sits at the top of the gravel and snow rally range. XYZ Racing builds the line in two distinct variants – an amateur-spec kit designed to bolt to an unmodified chassis, and this professional-spec kit which assumes the car body has been modified to take it. That distinction matters: the professional variant is engineered around the geometry, mounting and travel requirements of a properly prepared rally car, not a road shell with bigger springs.
Construction is full coilover – separate spring and damper, ride-height adjustable on the body, with damping characteristics chosen for loose-surface work rather than smooth tarmac. The rear unit is a direct replacement for the G31’s factory air strut, which is what makes this kit relevant to the Touring chassis in the first place. The brief is simple: cope with stage-rally inputs on gravel and snow, repeatedly, without fade.
Fitment for the Bmw 5 Series G31 (OE for Rear Air Strut) (2017-2026)
Chassis code BM88, covering the G31 Touring from 2017 through 2026 in OE-air-strut specification only. The rear unit is the air-strut delete – if your car was built with conventional rear dampers, this is not the correct part number. Confirm your rear suspension type before ordering.
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Pick your spring rates, top mounts and rear-strut configuration in the configurator below.
1. Be installed directly with the original chassis. (Amateur type)
2. Be installed after modifying the car body. (Professional type)
Top mounts included with your kit
Every XYZ Racing coilover kit ships with the upper mounts listed below for your exact chassis — no extra parts to source.
AluminiumAAluminium upper mount — a stiff, lightweight housing that locates the damper precisely and resists flex under load.
IronIRONIron upper mount — a heavy-duty housing built to take sustained load where a stronger top mount is required.
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