XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — BMW 6 SERIES F13 2011-2018

The F13 6 Series is a heavy GT coupe with a long wheelbase, soft factory damping bias and a chassis that was never set up to deal with broken tarmac at attack pace. Drop a 640i or 650i into a sealed-stage rally context and the standard dampers run out of stroke control before the second crest. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover is built for exactly that environment – shock absorption over uneven, patched, kerb-strewn tarmac without the chassis losing composure.

This is the harshest discipline a road-derived coupe like the F13 sees. Spring rates and damper valving for tarmac rally have to swallow compressions that would drive a circuit-spec coilover into the bumpstops, while still giving the driver enough body control to lean on the front axle through tightening corners.

What this coilover does for your 2011-2018 Bmw 6 Series F13

Under hard turn-in on a broken surface, the F13’s mass wants to load the outside front and stay there. The Tarmac Rally damping holds that load progressively instead of dumping it, which keeps the front tyre planted when the road surface changes mid-corner. Big single-hit impacts – kerbs, joins, edges – are absorbed by the damper rather than transmitted into the steering column, so the driver isn’t fighting the wheel to keep a line. Traction on corner exit improves because the rear axle stops skipping over surface changes, and the long F13 wheelbase finally has the damping authority to settle quickly between direction changes. The kit is set up from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally programme, so the baseline calibration arrives with that bias already in it rather than being a circuit damper detuned for compliance.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

The Tarmac Rally specification is purpose-built to absorb the impact of uneven pavement, with valving developed to suppress body movement across larger bumps while keeping the tyre loaded against the surface. The construction prioritises shock absorption over very stiff platform control – the opposite priority to a sealed circuit damper – so traction is preserved across surface transitions rather than chasing the lowest possible roll angle. Vehicle stability through compression events is the headline brief, which is what makes the calibration translate cleanly to the F13’s mass. All the baseline settings carry over directly from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally competition experience, so the kit lands with a starting point that has already been validated on stage rather than a workshop guess.

Fitment for the Bmw 6 Series (2011-2018)

This kit is built for the F13 chassis 6 Series Coupe across the 2011-2018 production span, covering the 640i, 650i and the M Sport variants on the standard F13 platform. The damper architecture and mounting points are F13-specific – the F06 Gran Coupe and F12 Convertible use different shells, so confirm your body code before ordering.

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Pick your spring rates and ride height below to configure the kit for your F13.