XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Honda ACCORD CA1/2/3/4/5/6 1985-1989

The third-generation Accord rolled out of the factory with double-wishbone suspension at both ends – a layout that was genuinely advanced in 1985 and remains the reason CA-chassis cars still attract a loyal modding crowd four decades on. Four decades is also long enough to have killed every original damper on the road, which is where the XYZ Racing Street Advanced coilover earns its place on a CA1 through CA6 Accord.

This is the company’s road-and-track-day kit, a 720-way damping coilover built to wake up a tired CA chassis without turning it into a track-only car. For a 1985-1989 Accord that’s spent its life rolling on whatever bushings and struts the previous three owners last touched, the upgrade is transformative rather than incremental.

What this coilover does for your 1985-1989 Honda Accord

Replacing forty-year-old dampers with a modern monotube coilover does two things at once: it restores body control that the original chassis engineers designed in, and it gives you the height and damping range to actually use it. With 720 clicks of damping adjustment, you can soften the rebound enough to live with potholed B-roads, then firm everything up for a Sunday morning on something twistier. Ride height comes down without losing travel, which sharpens turn-in on the double-wishbone front end and cuts the soft roll the CA Accord carried from new. Brake dive shrinks, the nose stays composed under trail-braking, and the rear stops floating mid-corner. For a car this old, the bigger win is simply having shocks that are still working – every input from the steering, throttle and brakes lands with a clarity the standard setup hasn’t offered since the late nineties.

About the Street Advanced coilover

Street Advanced is XYZ Racing’s most popular series, refined over years of development by the company’s in-house engineering team and validated in international race programmes before being released for road use. The 720-way damping range is the headline number – a single combined adjuster lets you tune compression and rebound across the full envelope, from compliant daily-driver settings up to track-day stiffness. Construction follows XYZ’s standard coilover architecture: height-adjustable lower mounts so corner balance and ride height stay independent of spring preload, and spring rates chosen for dual-purpose use rather than circuit-only stiffness. The kit is built specifically for the normal road and track-day brief, which is the right brief for a CA Accord that needs to remain usable every day of the week.

Fitment for the Honda Accord (1985-1989)

This kit fits the CA1, CA2, CA3, CA4, CA5 and CA6 variants of the third-generation Accord, chassis code HN01 in XYZ Racing’s catalogue, covering the full 1985 to 1989 production run. Confirm your CA designation against your V5 or chassis plate before ordering – the third-gen Accord ran in saloon, hatchback and Aerodeck bodies across this window.

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