XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Honda PRELUDE BA4/5/7 1987-1991

The third-generation Prelude rides on torsion bars at the front and a coil-sprung double-wishbone setup at the rear, and that mixed geometry is exactly what punishes a lazy suspension choice. Swap to a proper coilover and you finally get matched spring and damper behaviour at all four corners, instead of a front end that floats while the rear tries to do the work. The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover for the Honda Prelude BA4/5/7 is built for owners running these cars on UK B-roads and the occasional trackday, where the chassis still has plenty to give once the standard ride height drops and the dampers can actually keep up with mid-corner compression.

These are 36-way adjustable units engineered around the BA platform’s specific load characteristics. The Super Sport spec lands where most BA owners want to be – sharper than original, but still civilised enough to drive to the circuit and home again.

What this coilover does for your 1987-1991 Honda Prelude

Lower the BA’s centre of gravity and the chassis stops leaning on its outside front tyre through long sweepers – turn-in gets crisper and mid-corner balance becomes something you can read through the steering. The 36-way damping range means you can run a softer setting for the average British B-road surface and firm everything up for a Cadwell or Castle Combe weekend without touching the spring platforms. Bump compliance over expansion joints and patched tarmac stays usable, which is the part owners often lose when they fit a cheaper kit and discover the rear end skips over mid-corner bumps. Brake stability improves too – less nose-dive under load means the front tyres stay loaded properly into the apex.

About the Super Sport coilover

Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s fast-road-plus-weekend-track spec, and the damper logic reflects that. The 36-way adjustment knob lets you tune compression and rebound together across a single dial, which is the sensible approach for owners who want to set the car up once and leave it rather than chase numbers every weekend. Ride-height adjustment runs through the lower mount, so corner weights and rake can be set without altering preload – important on a car as light as the BA Prelude, where preload changes shift the balance more than people expect. The kit is intended to handle the full range from daily commute to enthusiastic Sunday driving and back-to-back lap sessions, with damping that stays consistent as the oil warms up rather than going soft after the third flying lap.

Fitment for the Honda Prelude (1987-1991)

This kit fits the third-generation Honda Prelude, chassis code HN44, covering the BA4, BA5 and BA7 variants from 1987 through 1991. Confirm your chassis plate matches a BA4/5/7 designation before ordering – earlier AB-chassis Preludes and the later BB-series fourth-gen cars use different mounting geometry.

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Pick your spring rates and ride-height spec below and configure the kit to your BA Prelude’s setup.