XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Honda INTEGRA RSX DC5 2001-2006

The DC5 Integra was always a chassis that rewarded the patient driver – a long-nosed front-driver with a 200bhp K20A2 happy to chase 8,000rpm and a kerb weight on the right side of 1,200kg. What it never had from the factory was damping resolution. The OE Koni-derived units feel soft under trail braking and let the front axle wash wide once the VTEC crossover hits in second gear. That is the gap the XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover for the Honda Integra RSX DC5 is built to close.

This is the fast-road and weekend-track spec in the XYZ Racing range. It pairs ride-height adjustment with 36-way damping in a single damper body, so the same DC5 that commutes Monday to Friday can be firmed up on Saturday morning for a Bedford or Donington session without pulling tools out of the boot.

What this coilover does for your 2001-2006 Honda Integra RSX DC5

The first thing you feel after fitting is the front axle settling into corner entry instead of pitching. The DC5’s long wheelbase and Honda’s traditionally soft front spring rate make it a car that loads its outside-front tyre slowly; firmer rates and properly matched damping mean the loaded contact patch builds quicker, so turn-in arrives when you ask for it. Through the mid-corner the rear stops shuffling on cambered B-roads, which gives you the confidence to stay on the throttle as the K20 climbs back into VTEC. On the brakes into a downhill hairpin – exactly where a stock DC5 will dive and push wide – the 36-way damping lets you increase low-speed compression until the nose stays flat. Drop the height a sensible amount and the centre of gravity reduction tightens body control without wrecking the daily ride, because the Super Sport damper is specifically tuned to absorb broken UK tarmac rather than fight it.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport sits in XYZ Racing’s road-and-occasional-track tier and is built around a damper that has been engineered to eliminate the harshness usually associated with lowered, stiffened cars on poor surfaces. The defining feature is 36-way damping adjustment across a single combined knob, paired with full ride-height adjustment independent of spring preload, so you can corner-balance the car without losing usable damper travel. The vendor’s brief on this damper is explicit: it is suitable for both weekend race work and daily use, and the valving has been developed so that bumps and rough roads no longer translate into spine-jarring impacts the way they do with a one-size-fits-all sport coilover. In practice that means a coilover you can run year-round on a DC5 that still sees motorway miles, then sharpen up at the circuit gate.

Fitment for the Honda Integra RSX DC5 (2001-2006)

This kit is built specifically for the DC5 chassis Integra (badged RSX in some markets) across the 2001-2006 production window. Confirm your car is the DC5 platform with the K20-series engine before ordering; the earlier DC2 Integra Type R is a different fitment entirely.

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Pick your spring rates and ride height in the configurator below and build the spec that suits how you actually drive the car.