XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Honda CIVIC FB 2012-2015

The ninth-generation Civic FB arrived as a saloon that rally crews quietly took seriously – a stiff shell, a willing R18/R20 four-pot, and a torsion-beam rear that responds well to proper damping rather than fighting it. On a sealed stage that mixes patched tarmac, kerbing and the occasional crested junction, the standard setup runs out of travel and composure long before the driver does. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover is built for exactly that brief.

This is the tarmac-rally specification from XYZ’s competition catalogue, not a road kit with a stiffer spring. The damping curves come from XYZ’s own tarmac rally programme, which means the kit is biased toward absorbing the sharp, repeated hits a stage surface throws at the chassis without losing the platform stability the FB needs to put power down out of a slow second-gear hairpin.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2015 Honda Civic FB

Fitted to an FB Civic, the Tarmac Rally kit changes the car’s relationship with broken surfaces. Mid-corner ruts and patched repairs that previously unsettled the rear beam are absorbed cleanly, so the contact patch stays loaded and the front tyres keep doing useful work. Over a crested apex or a sudden compression, the dampers manage the body without the harsh rebound kick that lifts an inside rear and bleeds drive. Ride height is set on adjustable lower mounts so corner-weighting is possible, and the spring and damper pairing keeps the nose flat enough under braking to trail confidently into tight tarmac corners. The FB’s torsion-beam rear, often criticised on standard dampers, behaves far better once it has a damper that actually controls it.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

The Tarmac Rally damper is engineered for sealed-stage rally surfaces – broken asphalt, patched repairs, kerbing and crests rather than gravel or snow. The valving prioritises absorbing big single hits and rapid compression-rebound cycles, suppressing body shock while keeping the tyre pressed into the road for traction. XYZ describes the settings as drawn directly from their own Tarmac Rally racing experience, which shows in how the kit handles successive impacts without packing down. The result is a platform that stays composed across uneven pavement, with body control consistent enough to let the driver commit through compromised sections rather than lifting for them. Construction follows XYZ’s competition pattern of height-adjustable lower mounts and damper-tuned valving matched to a sprung rate appropriate for a saloon of the FB’s mass.

Fitment for the Honda Civic FB (2012-2015)

This kit is built for the ninth-generation Honda Civic saloon, chassis code FB, model years 2012 to 2015. It covers the FB platform as sold during that production window. Confirm your VIN-decoded chassis code against the FB designation before ordering.

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Pick the spring rate and damper option that matches your stage diet and build yours in the configurator below.