XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Honda ACCORD CV 2018-2026

The CV-generation Accord is an unusual rally base – a long-wheelbase, front-drive saloon with a torque-rich 2.0-litre turbo and a chassis tuned at the factory for refined motorway cruising, not sealed-stage commitment. Strip the comfort calibration away and the bones are promising: stiff body shell, well-located front struts, a rear multi-link that actually responds to setup work. What it needs to behave on a closed tarmac stage is damping that copes with kerbs, crests and patched-asphalt surface changes without unloading the inside front under power.

The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover is built for exactly that brief. It is the company’s sealed-stage spec, drawn from XYZ’s own tarmac rally programme, and it lands on a CV Accord that has the wheelbase and weight to reward proper rebound control on undulating B-road surfaces.

What this coilover does for your 2018-2026 Honda Accord CV

On a stock CV Accord the front end runs out of damper travel quickly when the surface stops being smooth – kerb strikes pitch the nose, and mid-corner bumps push the contact patch off line. The Tarmac Rally damping is calibrated to absorb those impacts and recover before the next input, which is the difference between a car you can carry speed in over a crested apex and one that wants a lift. Body control tightens up without the kit feeling brittle on broken surfaces, and the front tyres stay loaded under throttle out of slow corners – useful on a heavy front-driver that wants to push wide. Ride height drops to a sensible stage setting and the car sits flatter through fast direction changes, with the rear end staying planted rather than skipping over mid-corner ripples.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

XYZ Racing has built the Tarmac Rally damper specifically to soak up the surface changes that define a sealed special stage – uneven pavement, sudden compressions, and the big single hits that come with kerbs and joins. The valving is set up to absorb the jolt of a heavy impact and then suppress the secondary body movement that follows, so the chassis settles instead of bouncing into the next input. The result is more consistent tyre contact and the traction advantage that comes with it. Every setting on this damper is drawn from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally experience rather than translated across from a circuit programme, which matters because the damping demands of a sealed stage are genuinely different from a smooth racetrack. Construction is built around the abuse a rally car takes over a season of events.

Fitment for the Honda Accord CV (2018-2026)

This coilover set is built for the CV-chassis Honda Accord, covering the 2018 through 2026 model years. Confirm your chassis code reads CV before ordering – the preceding CR-generation Accord uses a different platform and is not covered by this fitment.

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Build your spec for the Accord CV in the configurator below – pick ride height, damping range and spring rates to suit your stage programme.