XYZ Racing Racing Spec Coilovers — Honda CIVIC EK SINGLE CAM 1996-2000

The EK Civic was already a giant-killer straight off the showroom floor in 1996, and a quarter-century later it remains one of the most competitive lightweight front-drivers in UK club motorsport. What it was never given from the factory was a damper capable of containing what owners now ask of it – sticky semi-slicks, stripped interiors, and the kind of kerb-strikes a 1,050kg car invites when the driver gets greedy. That is the gap this kit fills.

The XYZ Racing Racing Spec coilover for the Honda Civic EK is the firm’s circuit-only specification, developed through direct participation in WTCC and adapted to a chassis that rewards aggressive front-end input. It is not a road kit pressed into track service.

What this coilover does for your 1996-2000 Honda Civic EK Single CAM

The EK’s short wheelbase and front-biased weight transfer load the outside front corner heavily under trail-braking, and the standard car will either wash wide or pitch onto three wheels depending on which factory damper has survived. The Racing Spec controls that load cleanly, giving you a stable front platform to feed steering into without the chassis taking a beat to settle. Lift-throttle rotation – the EK’s party trick – becomes a tool you can use rather than something that surprises you mid-corner. Pedal feel firms up because the chassis stops moving around under braking, and ride height drops to a sensible competition stance without resorting to spacers or cut springs.

About the Racing Spec coilover

This is the dedicated track damper in the XYZ range, and its settings have been derived directly from race deployment in series including the WTCC rather than extrapolated from a road spec. Construction is built around containing high spring rates and sustained heat cycles, with a damping curve that suits a car running semi-slicks or full slicks on a prepared surface. For owners running cars closer to A-class racing specification – aggressive aero, stripped weight, uprated brakes – XYZ will produce custom-valved shocks tailored to the package and to the specific circuit. Supply your build sheet and your intended venue and the kit can be specified to match, which is a level of bespoke service the off-the-shelf market simply does not reach.

Fitment for the Honda CIVIC EK Single CAM (1996-2000)

Sized for the EK chassis with the CAM strut and shock configuration, covering the 1996-2000 production span. This kit is specified for cars running the single-cam front-end geometry; if your build has moved to a different subframe or knuckle setup, flag it before ordering so the custom-spec route can be priced.

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Pick your spring rate and damping configuration in the configurator below, and if your EK is built beyond catalogue spec, request the custom valving route before you check out.