XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Honda ACCORD CF3/4/5 (JAPAN) 1997-2002

The CF-chassis Accord sold in Japan was always the sharper sibling to the wallowy US-market version – shorter wheelbase, double-wishbone front and rear, and a kerb weight that actually rewards a properly sorted damper. Twenty-plus years on, the factory struts are the single biggest thing holding these cars back, and the Street Advanced is the kit XYZ Racing built for owners who still daily a CF3, CF4 or CF5 but want it to behave like the chassis Honda designed.

This is the road-and-occasional-trackday spec in the XYZ range. 30-step bump and rebound damping, ride-height adjustment independent of spring preload, and a build aimed at owners who want a usable street car six days a week and a competent B-road or circuit weapon on the seventh.

What this coilover kit does for your 1997-2002 Honda Accord CF3/4/5

Fit Street Advanced and the CF Accord stops floating over mid-corner bumps and starts using its double-wishbone geometry the way it was meant to. Body roll drops sharply, turn-in tightens, and the nose stops washing wide on trailing throttle through a roundabout – the single biggest complaint owners log against tired OEM dampers on this platform. The 30-way damping adjustment means you can run it soft enough for the school run and stiffen it for a track day without touching ride height. Lowering range is generous enough to close the arch gap honestly without dropping the car onto its bumpstops, and because spring preload is separated from height adjustment, you keep full damper travel at whatever stance you settle on. The result is a car that rides better than stock on broken UK tarmac while cornering with twice the body control.

About the Street Advanced coilover

Street Advanced is the most widely-sold coilover XYZ Racing makes, developed over years by the firm’s in-house engineering team and refined against feedback from race programmes around the world. The brief is specific: a single kit that handles normal road duty and the occasional track day without forcing the owner to pick a side. Damping is adjustable across 720 combinations via 30-step bump and 24-step rebound dials at the top of each strut, giving genuinely granular control over how the car responds in compression versus how quickly it recovers. The damper bodies are mated to linear-rate springs and pillow-ball top mounts up front for sharper steering response. It is the kit XYZ positions as the default for drivers who want speed and control without committing to a stripped-out competition setup.

Fitment for the Honda ACCORD CF3/4/5 (JAPAN) (1997-2002)

This kit is built specifically for the JDM CF3, CF4 and CF5 Accord chassis sold between 1997 and 2002 – the sixth-generation car on the Japan-market platform, not the wider US CG variant. Mounting points, strut lengths and spring rates are matched to the CF double-wishbone setup front and rear. Confirm your chassis code against the VIN plate before ordering.

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Pick your spring rates and damper spec in the configurator below to build the kit for your CF Accord.