XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Honda CRV V 2017-2023

The fifth-generation CRV is a tall, soft, family-friendly crossover with a high centre of gravity and suspension tuned for school-run compliance – which is exactly why owners chasing a sharper drive end up looking at a proper coilover. The Top Sport kit for the HN29-2 chassis tightens up the body roll and front-end float that come standard with the platform, without turning a 1.5-tonne SUV into something unliveable on a Monday morning commute.

This is XYZ Racing’s circuit-day-meets-daily-driver spec, lifted directly from their Top Sport race programme and adapted for a road car that occasionally sees a track. For a CRV V owner who runs the odd airfield day, hill climb or fast B-road weekend and still uses the boot for the weekly shop, this is the kit that splits the difference honestly.

What this coilover does for your 2017-2023 Honda CRV V

The CRV V’s biggest dynamic weakness is vertical body movement – the nose dives under braking, the rear squats under throttle, and mid-corner inputs translate into a slow, wallowy weight transfer that the factory dampers were never asked to control. The Top Sport runs roughly 30-50% more damping force and around 2kg/mm of additional spring rate over the OEM setup, which collapses that lazy body motion into something the driver can actually steer with. You feel it first under braking, where the front no longer pitches forward and the contact patch stays loaded. Mid-corner the chassis settles faster, so a mid-bend correction does not unload the inside rear the way a stock CRV will. Ride height comes down for a less top-heavy stance, and adjustable damping means the same kit can run softer for the motorway and firmer for a session day.

About the Top Sport coilover

The Top Sport is XYZ Racing’s track-day-capable street spec, with damping and spring rates carried over from their racing programme rather than designed in isolation as a fast-road kit. The construction is built around absorbing larger impacts cleanly – the philosophy is that a stiffer setup must still soak up a kerb strike or a mid-corner bump without unloading the tyre, and the valving is tuned around that priority rather than chasing the lowest possible ride height. Spring rates sit roughly 2kg/mm above street tune, with damping force lifted 30-50% to match. The result is a coilover that suppresses body shock, keeps tyre traction stable across uneven surfaces, and gives the driver a chassis that responds to inputs rather than smothering them. It is the spec XYZ Racing recommends specifically for track day use and aggressive driving, while remaining usable on the road – hence its position as the bridge between their pure street and pure circuit kits.

Fitment for the Honda CRV V (2017-2023)

This kit is built specifically for the HN29-2 chassis CRV V, covering the 2017 to 2023 model years. Confirm your chassis code matches before ordering – the fifth-generation CRV ran globally with several drivetrain variants, and the configurator below will walk you through the spring rate and damping options for your specific car.

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Pick your spring rate and damping spec in the configurator below to build the Top Sport coilover for your CRV V.