XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Honda HR-V/VEZEL RU 2013-2021

The RU-generation HR-V sits on a tall, soft-sprung crossover platform that was tuned in Tokyo for ride comfort over a 16-inch wheel, not for cornering loads on a UK B-road. Roll-on, roll-off body movement is the defining trait – the kerb-weight rides high, the standard dampers run out of travel quickly under load, and turn-in feels delayed because the chassis has to settle before the front tyres bite. The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover is the kit that turns that compliant crossover behaviour into something that actually rotates when you ask it to.

This is the fast-road-with-occasional-track-day spec in the XYZ range – firmer than the Top Sport street setup, more compliant than the circuit-focused kits – and it suits the HR-V/Vezel RU exactly because the platform’s stock damping has so much headroom to claw back.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2021 Honda HR-V/VEZEL RU

Drop the ride height and the RU’s centre of gravity follows the wheel arches down, which kills the lateral roll that makes the stock car feel reluctant to change direction. The 36-way damping range is wide enough to run a genuinely soft fast-road setting on broken Tarmac through winter, then firm up the rebound for a Cadwell or Castle Combe trackday without swapping anything. Brake-dive at the front axle is reined in, so the nose stays flatter under threshold braking and the front tyres keep their contact patch where you want it. Steering response sharpens because the chassis stops waiting for the springs to settle before loading the outside front. The result is an HR-V that feels like it belongs in the same conversation as a Civic on a back-road, rather than a school-run crossover that happens to have been lowered.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport sits in XYZ’s road-and-track tier and is built around a damper specifically tuned to absorb bumps and rough surfaces – the bit of the kit that matters most on UK roads that punish anything set up purely for circuit work. Ride height is fully adjustable at each corner, so corner-balancing and a level stance are both on the table. Damping is 36-way adjustable across a single knob per damper, covering compression and rebound together, which is the right level of granularity for an owner who wants to tune in but doesn’t want a four-knob track unit to live with daily. XYZ markets this damper as suitable for weekend race use and daily driving in the same setup, and that dual-purpose brief is the reason it lands well on a crossover platform like the RU – owners are not stripping these out, they are improving the only one they own.

Fitment for the Honda HR-V/VEZEL RU (2013-2021)

This kit is built for the RU-chassis HR-V and its Japanese-market Vezel twin across the full 2013-2021 production run. The RU designation covers both 2WD and 4WD variants of the model. Confirm your chassis code against the VIN plate before ordering – the RU is the second-generation HR-V and is distinct from the older GH-chassis and the newer RV-chassis cars.

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Pick your spring rates and any optional upgrades in the configurator below and build the spec that fits how you actually use the car.