XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Honda CIVIC EF CRX SINGLE CAM (Rear EYE) 1989-1991

The EF-generation CRX is one of the lightest performance Hondas ever sold in the UK, and that featherweight kerb mass is exactly why a thoughtful coilover choice matters so much on this chassis. The Single CAM rear-eye platform sits on a torsion-beam-influenced layout that rewards a stiffer, better-controlled damper rather than brute spring rate, and the XYZ Racing Top Sport coilover is built around that balance.

For a CRX that sees occasional track-day duty alongside street use, the Top Sport is the right rung of the XYZ ladder. It firms the chassis enough to stop the nose diving into trail-braking corners while keeping enough compliance for British B-road camber and broken tarmac.

What this coilover does for your 1989-1991 Honda CIVIC EF CRX SINGLE CAM (Rr EYE)

Damping is lifted roughly 30 to 50 percent over a street setting, with spring rates around 2kg/mm firmer than a comfort kit – numbers calibrated so a 900-odd-kilo CRX doesn’t bounce off mid-corner bumps and lose tyre contact. On UK circuits where kerbs are unforgiving, that extra control suppresses body shock and keeps the front tyres planted under load. You feel it as faster turn-in, less rear-end skip on corner exit, and a noticeably more linear steering response. The 32-step adjustment lets you soften it for the drive home without pulling out spanners. Ride height is adjustable independently of spring preload, so you can corner-weight a CRX properly without sacrificing usable travel.

About the Top Sport coilover

The Top Sport sits in XYZ Racing’s range as the road-and-track crossover, built using settings drawn directly from XYZ’s own racing programme. The damper internals are tuned to absorb the bigger hits – kerbs, expansion joints, mid-corner crests – without transferring that energy into the body of the car. Spring rates are stepped up roughly 2kg/mm over a street kit, and damping force lifted 30 to 50 percent, the working range XYZ identified as the threshold where a chassis stops floating and starts behaving like a proper track tool. Construction follows the standard XYZ coilover format with separate height and damping adjustment, meaning ride height stays where you set it when you change the damper feel. It is engineered for aggressive driving and track-day use without making the car undriveable on the way there.

Fitment for the Honda CIVIC EF CRX SINGLE CAM (Rr EYE) (1989-1991)

This kit is built specifically for the HN10-coded EF CRX Single CAM with the rear-eye damper mounting, model years 1989 to 1991. The rear-eye distinction matters – earlier and later Civic rear mounts are not interchangeable, so confirm your chassis spec before ordering.

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Configure your damping preference and ride height target below to build the spec that suits your CRX.