XYZ Racing Circuit Master Coilovers — Honda CRV IV 2012-2016

The Honda CRV IV is not the obvious circuit weapon, but that is precisely why the owners running them hard want something honest under the arches. Tall, front-biased and softly sprung from the factory, the fourth-gen CRV rolls onto its outer shoulders the moment you load it up – which is exactly the body-control problem the Circuit Master is built to kill.

This is the top of the XYZ Racing competition ladder, the same damper family the brand fields on Racing Spec, Drift Spec and Tarmac Rally builds. Putting it under a CRV IV is a deliberate choice: it gives a heavier, taller chassis the spring rates and damping authority to behave like a proper track car rather than a softly-sprung family SUV.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2016 Honda CRV IV

Drop the ride height and the CRV’s centre of gravity comes down with it, immediately cutting the lazy roll that defines the standard car on turn-in. The Circuit Master’s spring and damper pairing is sized for sustained lap work, so brake-dive into a long right-hander stays controlled instead of pitching weight forward and overloading the outside front tyre. Mid-corner, the chassis sits flatter, the contact patches stay loaded more evenly, and you can actually feel what the front axle is doing under throttle. With 9720 individual adjustment combinations available through the three damping knobs, you can soften the car for a bumpy club circuit in the morning and firm it up for a smoother layout in the afternoon without touching a spring perch.

About the Circuit Master coilover

The Circuit Master is XYZ Racing’s competition-grade damper, developed and tested by XYZ teams running international circuits over long sessions. The headline is the three-way adjustment architecture – separate knobs working through small-orifice oil passages – giving 9720 distinct damping settings across compression and rebound. That granularity is the whole point: a circuit car is never set up once, it is re-set every session as track temperature, tyre wear and fuel load shift. The small-orifice design is deliberately biased toward circuit surfaces; XYZ flag that crossing very large bumps can produce a small audible note as oil moves through the restricted passages, which is normal behaviour for a damper tuned for smooth tarmac rather than broken road. Ride height is fully adjustable independent of spring preload so corner weights stay honest, and the kit is built to take repeated heat cycles without fading mid-session.

Fitment for the Honda CRV (2012-2016)

This kit is built specifically for the fourth-generation Honda CRV (chassis IV) covering the 2012 to 2016 production span. Confirm your registration date falls inside that window before ordering; trim variations within the IV generation share the same coilover platform.

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Pick your spring rate, top mount and ride-height spec in the configurator below to build the Circuit Master kit for your CRV IV.