XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Honda ACCORD CF3/4/5 (JAPAN) 1997-2002

The JDM-spec CF3/4/5 Accord sits in an awkward middle ground for UK owners: a saloon built for Japanese road surfaces, riding on dampers that gave up years ago, on a chassis that responds well to spring rate when you finally give it some. The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover is built for exactly that car – a fast-road setup with 36-way damping and ride-height adjustment that lets you settle the front end without turning the cabin into a hammer.

Owners chasing the F20B and H22A-swap route already know the standard suspension can’t keep up with the extra revs and front-axle bite. The Super Sport is the sensible upgrade tier: stiff enough for a weekend at Castle Combe, civil enough to drive to it.

What this coilover does for your 1997-2002 Honda Accord CF3/4/5 (JAPAN)

On a CF-chassis Accord that has covered British miles on tired OE dampers, the first thing you feel is the body finally tying down over mid-corner bumps. The 36-way damping range means you can run something softer on patchy A-roads and wind it up two or three clicks before a track session – the adjuster sits at the top of the strut so you’re not jacking the car to make changes. Ride-height adjustment lets you drop the saloon to a stance that suits the slim arches without trashing geometry, and the spring-and-damper pairing controls the nose-dive these front-heavy Accords are prone to under hard braking. The benefit owners notice most is steering response: with the front weight properly managed, turn-in stops feeling vague and the chassis starts behaving like the sports saloon Honda intended.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s fast-road damper, engineered to take the harshness out of UK B-roads and motorway expansion joints while still holding up to weekend track use. The 36-way damping adjustment is the headline spec – one knob per damper, accessible without removing the wheels, covering everything from a compliant daily setting to a meaningful track click. Ride height is set independently of preload via a lower spring perch, so corner-weighting stays sensible. XYZ build the Super Sport as a single platform that swings between road and circuit duty rather than committing to either extreme, which is the right call for a CF Accord that probably sees commuting miles between modifications. Construction is the standard XYZ monotube layout with rebuildable internals, sized specifically for the CF3/4/5 strut housings rather than a generic fitment with adapters.

Fitment for the Honda ACCORD CF3/4/5 (1997-2002)

This kit is built for the Japanese-market CF3, CF4 and CF5 Accord saloons produced between 1997 and 2002, covering the F18B, F20B and H22A-equipped variants of the sixth-generation platform. It is not the European-market CG/CH Accord – check your chassis plate before ordering, as the front strut top mounts and rear shock geometry differ between regions.

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Configure your spring rates and preferred ride height below to build the spec that suits how you actually drive the car.