XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Mazda CX-3 2015-2026

The Mazda CX-3 is a tall, narrow-tracked crossover with a high centre of gravity and soft factory damping that was tuned for school-run comfort, not stage attack. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover takes that DM-platform chassis and gives it the body control, ride-height drop and damper authority needed to brake hard into a hairpin and put the power down on broken sealed surfaces.

This is the tarmac-stage spec – aimed at owners running a CX-3 on closed-road rally events, hillclimbs and fast B-road work where the surface is mostly sealed but rarely smooth. Spring rates and valving sit firmer than a circuit setup of equivalent class, because rally pace on tarmac demands a damper that can handle kerb strikes, mid-corner ridges and crested jumps without packing down.

What this coilover does for your 2015-2026 Mazda CX-3

Drop the CX-3’s roof height, narrow the wheel-arch gap and the car immediately stops leaning on its outside-front tyre the way the factory setup does. Body roll on turn-in goes from "lean and wait" to a tight, predictable arc you can trail-brake into. The 30-step damping adjustment lets you run the car softer for cold, greasy stages and stiffen up for dry tarmac without dropping the springs. Pillowball top mounts replace the rubber OE strut tops, sharpening steering response and letting caster and camber settle exactly where you set them rather than wandering under load. Ride height is independently adjustable from spring preload, so you can corner-weight the car without losing damper travel – critical on a tall-bodied platform like the CX-3 where every millimetre of travel matters.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

Built around a full-length adjustable monotube body with a single 30-click damping knob that moves bump and rebound together, the Tarmac Rally is XYZ’s dedicated sealed-stage spec. Spring rates are chosen to suit rally pace on UK closed-road events – firm enough to control a kerb hop, compliant enough to keep the tyre planted over patched tarmac. The damper bodies are dust-boot protected and the pistons sized for the heat cycling that comes with back-to-back competitive runs. Pillowball upper mounts come fitted, giving direct strut-to-chassis load transfer without the deflection of rubber. Spring preload and ride height adjust independently of one another, the standard XYZ pattern, so you set drop first and corner-weight second.

Fitment for the Mazda CX-3 (2015-2026)

This kit fits the DM-chassis Mazda CX-3 from the 2015 launch through to the 2026 model year, covering both pre-facelift and facelift cars. SKU is XYZ-COIL-MA33-TR. Confirm your exact build year in the configurator before ordering.

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Pick your spring rates, damping spec and ride-height drop in the configurator below and build the setup that matches the stages you actually drive.