XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Toyota RAV4 XA40 2012-2018

The XA40 RAV4 carries its mass high and rides soft from the factory, which is exactly the wrong starting point for a sealed tarmac stage where broken surfaces, kerbs and mid-corner crests arrive in quick succession. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover rebuilds that platform around control: it drops the centre of gravity, tightens body movement, and keeps all four tyres loaded when the road stops being smooth.

This is a coilover tuned for one job – stage rallying on tarmac – rather than a fast-road setup stretched to fit. The damping comes straight from XYZ Racing’s own Tarmac Rally programme, so the RAV4 XA40 reacts to inputs instead of wallowing through them.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2018 Toyota RAV4 XA40

Bolt this kit to a 2012-2018 Toyota RAV4 XA40 and the first thing you feel is the body settling. The tall crossover lean that the standard struts allow gives way to a flatter, more predictable attitude through a corner, so you can commit earlier and trust the front end. Because the dampers are built to soak up the jolt of big bumps and broken pavement, the tyres stay in contact through compressions that would otherwise unload them, and that translates directly into traction out of slow corners and stability over crests. Lowering the ride height also drops the roll centre, which calms the weight transfer that makes a stock RAV4 feel ponderous when you change direction quickly.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

The Tarmac Rally coilover is engineered specifically for sealed-stage tarmac competition, where the surface looks smooth from the road but hides ruts, patched repairs and aggressive kerbs. Its damping is set up to absorb the impact of uneven pavement and to swallow the heavy jolt of a big bump without transmitting that shock into the bodyshell. By controlling that energy rather than passing it through, the kit keeps the tyre pressed into the road, which is what builds traction and gives the car its composure. The payoff is the kind of stability that lets a driver place the RAV4 XA40 accurately and read the grip underneath it. Every setting in the kit is derived from XYZ Racing’s accumulated Tarmac Rally racing experience, so the baseline is a competition tune rather than a generic lowering spring.

Fitment for the Toyota RAV4 XA40 (2012-2018)

This kit is built for the Toyota RAV4 XA40, covering the 2012 to 2018 model years on the XA40 chassis. It is a direct-fit coilover for that platform, matching the factory mounting points for the generation. Confirm your chassis code and build year against the XA40 range before ordering.

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Choose your spring and damping options for the RAV4 XA40 and configure yours below.