XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Honda CIVIC EF CRX TWIN CAM (Rear FORK) 1989-1991

The EF-generation CRX with the rear fork chassis is a featherweight by modern standards, and that lack of mass is exactly why the factory suspension feels overwhelmed the moment you start asking real questions of the car. A 1989-1991 CRX on tired OEM struts dives under braking, rolls onto its outside front shoulder mid-corner, and gives back none of the chassis communication that made these cars a cult buy in the first place. The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover rebuilds that feedback loop from the ground up.

For fast-road work with the option of a weekend trackday, the Super Sport sits in the right place for an EF CRX. You get height adjustment to set the stance properly over those small 13/14-inch wheels, and 36-way damping to balance the front-heavy weight bias of the D-series twin-cam without turning the car brittle on the B-roads it was born for.

What this coilover does for your 1989-1991 Honda Civic EF CRX TWIN CAM (rr Fork)

Drop a Super Sport set into an EF CRX and the first thing you feel is the front axle settling. The 36-way damping range means you can soften the rebound on cold, broken Tarmac and still tighten things up for a smoother circuit surface without touching the spring. Body roll drops noticeably, which matters on a short-wheelbase car where weight transfer happens fast and the rear axle is quick to follow. Ride-height adjustment lets you correct the nose-up rake these cars develop with age, sharpening turn-in without scraping the sump on speed bumps. On a CRX running modest power, that combination of supple compliance and tighter platform control is more useful than any spring-rate war.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport sits in XYZ Racing’s range as the all-rounder built around a damper that refuses to feel crashy. Rough surfaces and mid-corner bumps that would normally upset a lowered car are absorbed cleanly, so the contact patch stays loaded instead of skipping. Ride height is fully adjustable at the strut, and the 36-step damping dial covers a wide enough window that the same set can be wound soft for the Monday commute and firmed up for a Sunday at Cadwell. The construction is built for repeat heat cycles rather than a single hot lap, which is why XYZ position it as a damper suited to both weekend race outings and daily road use. It is engineered to meet a broad spread of road conditions on one set of struts, rather than asking you to compromise one mode for the other.

Fitment for the Honda CIVIC EF CRX TWIN CAM (rr Fork) (1989-1991)

This kit is specified for the HN13 EF-chassis CRX twin-cam with the rear fork suspension layout, covering model years 1989 to 1991. The rear fork architecture on this generation is the key fitment detail – earlier and later EF variants used different rear geometry, so confirm your car matches before ordering.

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Pick your spring rate, top mount and ride-height spec in the configurator below to build your Super Sport set for the EF CRX.