XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Mazda MX-5 MIATA / ROADSTER 1989-1998

The NA Miata rewards a suspension that respects its 950kg kerb weight and 50:50 balance, not one that tries to bully it into stiffness. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover for the 1989-1998 Mazda MX-5 Miata / Roadster is built for stage surfaces and broken B-roads where compliance over crests and braking bumps matters more than outright spring rate.

Where a circuit coilover would lock the chassis flat, this kit keeps the MA23’s playful rear-end alive over mid-corner ripples while controlling the body roll the standard car was always known for. It is the tarmac-rally interpretation of a chassis that has been a club-rally weapon since the 1990s.

What this coilover does for your 1989-1998 Mazda MX-5 MIATA / ROADSTER

The NA’s short wheelbase and soft factory damping mean that fast direction changes can leave the rear hunting for grip on lumpy surfaces. Tarmac Rally damping settles that motion without making the car wooden, so you can lean on throttle rotation out of a hairpin without the inside rear unloading. Ride-height adjustment lets you set the car for sump clearance on a real special stage, then drop it for a smoother tarmac round. The damping range covers everything from a smooth airfield circuit to a pockmarked closed-road stage, and the spring choice keeps the front end loaded under trail-braking – the classic NA technique for getting the nose into a slow corner.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

Tarmac Rally sits in XYZ Racing’s stage-focused range, sharing the monotube body and inverted strut layout used across the rally-spec kits but tuned for sealed surfaces rather than gravel. Spring rates are pitched to absorb the harsh, repeated inputs you get on broken UK tarmac without sacrificing turn-in response. The damper internals use a piston and shim stack chosen for high-frequency wheel control – the rapid, small movements that make the difference between a tyre that stays in contact and one that skips. Ride height, preload and damping force are all adjustable independently, so the geometry can be set without changing the spring window the car needs to work. The result is a kit that handles a road-rally schedule one weekend and a track day the next.

Fitment for the Mazda MX-5 MIATA / ROADSTER (1989-1998)

This kit fits the MA23-chassis NA-generation MX-5 Miata / Roadster across the full 1989-1998 production span, covering both the 1.6 and 1.8 cars. It bolts into the original strut locations using factory mounting points, with no chassis modification needed for a standard road-and-stage car.

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Pick your spring rate and damping spec in the configurator below.