XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Ferrari CALIFORNIA (Both front and rear top mount are 2 holes) 2008-2014

The Ferrari California’s front-mid V8 sits a long way back in a heavy GT shell, and on a sealed-stage tarmac rally that mass moves around in ways the factory dampers were never asked to cope with. The Tarmac Rally coilover is the answer for owners taking an early California (FE04-1 chassis, 2008-2014 build window) onto closed-road stages where kerbs, broken camber and mid-corner compressions arrive at full throttle.

This is not the kit for a softer fast-road compromise. It is built to keep an 1,800kg+ front-engined Ferrari planted when the surface stops cooperating, and to keep the front tyres loaded under braking into a sequence of fast tarmac left-rights.

What this coilover does for your 2008-2014 Ferrari California

Tarmac rally damping has one priority: keep the contact patch on the road when the road itself is the variable. On the California that means controlling the heavy nose over crests and compressions without the front going light, and stopping the long wheelbase from pitching when you trail-brake into a tightening bend. The valving is tuned to absorb sharp single-hit impacts – a raised manhole cover, a ridge across the apex – without unloading the tyre on the rebound. You get noticeably better traction on broken surfaces and a flatter platform under hard cornering, with enough compliance left to live through a long competitive stage rather than skipping the car off-line at the first bump.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

The Tarmac Rally is engineered specifically to absorb the impact of uneven pavement and suppress body movement when the chassis is loaded across a big bump. The damping settings are drawn directly from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally programme, where the brief is to keep tyre traction under load on sealed-stage surfaces that punish anything tuned for smooth circuit use. The result is a damper that controls the jolt of a hard hit, returns the wheel to the surface quickly, and gives the driver a stable, predictable platform to lean on through a stage. Handling balance is the headline benefit – the car settles, the tyres stay loaded, and the inputs go where the driver puts them.

Fitment for the Ferrari California (2008-2014)

Built for the FE04-1 California with two-hole top mounts at both ends – the configuration used across the early front-engined California production run from 2008 to 2014. Confirm your top-mount hole count front and rear before ordering; the two-hole pattern is the variant this kit is cut for.

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Configure your damping and ride-height spec for the California below.