XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Skoda OCTAVIA 5E SEDAN φ50 (Rear Twist-Beam Suspension) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2013-2019

Sealed-stage tarmac rally punishes a torsion-beam rear axle in a way normal road driving never does. The Octavia 5E’s twist-beam set-up ties the rear wheels together through a single crossmember, so mid-corner compressions on one side load the other through torsional twist rather than independent travel – hit a mid-corner ridge or a camber change on a closed road stage and that beam has to absorb it as a unit. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover is built around that reality: control through repeated, high-frequency inputs rather than plush single-hit absorption.

Because this fitment includes the cancellation kit for electronic damping, it also removes the factory DCC control loop from the equation entirely – the car runs on the coilover’s own valving from corner one, with no adaptive system fighting the settings you’ve chosen for the stage.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2019 Skoda Octavia

Fitted to a twist-beam Octavia, the biggest change is composure over compressions and crests taken at speed on rough, unswept tarmac. The damper is set up to soak up a sharp hit – a broken road edge, a pothole disguised by shadow – without the rear beam kicking sideways or the car needing a lift-off correction mid-corner. That control comes through as more usable front-end grip too: less time spent settling the rear means the driver can commit to the brake and turn-in points that closed-road stages demand. With the electronic damping cancelled, the ride the driver dials in stays the ride they get, corner after corner, rather than the ECU quietly overriding it under load.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally line is set up specifically for sealed-stage work rather than gravel or circuit use – the damping is tuned to absorb the impact of broken and uneven tarmac surfaces, including the bigger hits that come from mid-stage bumps, without transmitting that shock back through the body. That control is what keeps the tyre loaded and in contact with the road rather than skipping over it, which is where the traction actually comes from on a stage. The end result is a car that holds its line and its stability through the kind of surface changes tarmac rally throws up mid-corner, not just in a straight line. XYZ built the valving from its own tarmac rally programme, so the settings reflect stage conditions rather than a generic road-and-track compromise.

Fitment for the Skoda Octavia (2013-2019)

This kit is built for the Octavia 5E sedan on chassis code SK20-C, covering 2013 to 2019 production, specifically the twist-beam rear suspension variant. It’s supplied as the cancellation-kit spec for cars fitted with electronic (DCC) damping from the factory, replacing that system rather than working alongside it.

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