XYZ Racing Gravel Rally Coilovers — Honda INTEGRA DC2 TWIN CAM (Rear EYE) 1993-2001

The DC2 Integra was built for tarmac apex-hunting, but on a loose surface it becomes a different machine entirely – light front end, peaky B18C, and a chassis that rewards commitment but punishes a poorly damped landing. The XYZ Racing Gravel Rally coilover is engineered for exactly that environment: stage rally and rallycross in a front-drive Honda that’s spent the last three decades being asked to do things its factory dampers were never specified for.

This is the inverted-tube, long-stroke spec from the XYZ Racing rally programme, set up for gravel, snow, and silt rather than smooth circuit asphalt. If you’re campaigning a DC2 on stage events or building a rallycross car around the AC08 platform, this is the coilover the type name points to – not a road kit pressed into service.

What this coilover does for your 1993-2001 Honda Integra DC2 TWIN CAM (rr EYE)

The long stroke is the single biggest change you’ll feel. A DC2 on standard suspension running over a rutted gravel stage gives up grip the moment a wheel is unloaded over a crest; the extended travel here keeps the contact patch working through compressions and rebounds that would have the standard damper completely topped out. The inverted-tube layout puts the larger-diameter body and seals at the top, which protects the working surface of the shaft from the stone strikes and grit ingress that kill conventional coilovers on a rally stage.

Spring rates have been tested by XYZ’s rally teams rather than chosen from a catalogue, so the front-axle-loaded Integra is sprung to cope with the weight transfer a B-series car generates under trail-braking into a loose corner. The result is a car that stays settled when you’re committed, soaks up high-speed bouncy sections without bottoming, and tolerates the lateral G of a long fourth-gear corner on a cambered gravel road.

About the Gravel Rally coilover

The Gravel Rally is XYZ Racing’s dedicated loose-surface platform, developed specifically for rally and rallycross rather than adapted from a circuit kit. The inverted-tube construction is the headline change – the damper is built upside-down relative to a conventional monotube, putting the strongest, largest-diameter section at the top of the unit where the mounting and seals can resist the punishment a gravel stage delivers. That construction choice is what allows the unit to survive an event where a road-going coilover would have its shaft pitted in two stages.

Long stroke is the second pillar. Extended travel paired with long springs lets the damper absorb chassis vibration on rough surfaces, manage the aggression of a high-speed bouncy road, and bear the extreme G-forces involved when a rally car is turning on the limit. The spring rate setup is the product of testing with rally teams across sandstone, snow, and silt – three surfaces with very different demands – which is why this kit is specified differently from XYZ Racing’s tarmac-oriented platforms. Construction, stroke, and spring choice are all pulling in the same direction: keeping a hard-driven car planted on a surface that’s actively trying to unsettle it.

Fitment for the Honda Integra (1993-2001)

Specified for the AC08-chassis Honda Integra DC2 TWIN CAM (Rr EYE) across the full 1993-2001 production span. The rear-eye mounting designation matters at the back – confirm your shell carries the eye-style rear lower mount before you order, as some regional Integra variants differ.

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Configure your Gravel Rally spec for the DC2 below and build the kit to your event calendar.