XYZ Racing Circuit Master Coilovers — Honda ACCORD CD3/4/5/6 1993-1997

For circuit work in a CD-chassis Accord, the suspension brief is unusual. These are heavy front-drive saloons with a long wheelbase, a tall greenhouse and a kerb weight that punishes any damper running out of travel mid-corner. The CD3/4/5/6 generation rewards a setup that controls front-end roll without locking the platform solid, because the F22/F23 nose will push wide the moment the outside front spring unloads on exit.

The XYZ Racing Circuit Master coilover for the 1993-1997 Honda Accord is built around that problem. It is the lap-time end of the XYZ range – a 9720-way adjustable damper with a three-knob control layout designed for drivers running sustained sessions rather than a single fast lap.

What this coilover does for your 1993-1997 Honda Accord

Drop a CD Accord onto Circuit Masters and the first thing you feel is the front axle staying composed in long-duration corners – the kind of third-gear sweepers where a tired OEM damper turns the car into a one-line understeerer. The 9720 valving range lets you separate low-speed body control from high-speed compliance, so you can run a stiffer roll platform without the chassis skipping over kerb strips. Mid-corner the car holds an attitude rather than washing out, and on the brakes the front geometry stays consistent lap after lap because the damper is not heat-soaking inside the first three flying laps. Ride height is fully threaded so you can dial corner weights and rake to suit a Castle Combe or Cadwell setup, then back the spring perches off again for the drive home.

About the Circuit Master coilover

The Circuit Master sits at the competitive end of the XYZ Racing catalogue alongside the Racing Spec, Drift Spec and Tarmac Rally builds, and it is the damper XYZ point to for international circuit work. The headline number is 9720 distinct adjustment combinations, controlled through three separate knobs rather than the single compression-rebound dial on lower-spec kits – that is what gives you the freedom to tune bump and rebound independently at each end of the car. XYZ have validated the damper with their own racing teams across multiple championships, and the construction is geared for repeat-session abuse rather than a one-lap qualifier. One honest quirk worth noting: the three-knob design routes oil through a small passage, so on a road surface with sharp expansion joints you will occasionally hear a faint hydraulic tick. On a circuit, where this kit lives, it is silent.

Fitment for the Honda Accord (1993-1997)

This kit is built for the CD3, CD4, CD5 and CD6 fifth-generation Accord chassis sold between 1993 and 1997, covering the saloon and coupé body styles across the F-series engine range. XYZ Racing’s chassis reference for this fitment is HN03.

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Configure your spring rates, top-mount preference and ride height below and the kit ships built to that specification.