XYZ Racing Gravel Rally Coilovers — Mazda PREMACY 1998-2003

The first-generation Mazda Premacy is an odd thing to take rallying, but if you’ve landed here you already know that – and you already know the MA28 platform’s tall ride height, soft factory damping, and front-biased weight distribution are exactly what need fixing before it sees a gravel stage. The XYZ Racing Gravel Rally coilover is built for that brief: a long-travel, high-rebound damper set tuned for loose surfaces rather than tarmac.

This is not a lowered fast-road kit pressed into rally service. The Gravel Rally spec runs softer spring rates and longer shock bodies than the Circuit Master or Tarmac Rally variants in the XYZ range, because the Premacy needs to soak up ruts, compressions and landing loads without unloading the inside front wheel mid-corner.

What this coilover does for your 1998-2003 Mazda Premacy

Ride height comes up, not down – the Gravel Rally kit gives you the additional bump travel the standard MA28 strut tops simply don’t allow, so the suspension can work over rough surfaces instead of bottoming into the bumpstops. Damping is adjustable so you can run the car softer on a wet, broken stage and firmer on harder-packed surfaces without re-shimming. The longer-stroke monotube body keeps damper fluid temperature stable through repeated compression cycles, which matters more on a 90-second stage than any peak figure does. The front end stays planted under trail-braking, and the rear stops skipping sideways over washboard corrugations.

About the Gravel Rally coilover

XYZ Racing’s Gravel Rally series is the loose-surface variant of their motorsport coilover line. The damper bodies are monotube with a separated piston and gas chamber to resist cavitation under sustained high-frequency input – the exact load profile of a gravel stage. Spring rates are deliberately lower than the tarmac kits in the range, paired with longer free lengths to give the wheel room to drop into compressions and pull the tyre back to the ground. Damping is independently adjustable across multiple clicks, letting you bias the car for the surface and condition on the day. Pillowball top mounts give precise camber control without the rubber compliance that blunts steering response on a stage.

Fitment for the Mazda PREMACY (1998-2003)

This kit is specified for the MA28-chassis Premacy built between 1998 and 2003. Confirm your chassis code against the VIN plate before ordering – the second-generation CR-series Premacy is a different car and uses a different kit.

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Configure your spring rates, damping and top-mount options below to spec the kit for your stage calendar.