BC Racing BR Series Coilovers for 84-87 Honda Civic/CRX

BC Racing BR Series Coilovers - 1984-1987 Honda CRX (First Gen, AE5 / AF5)

The first-gen CRX is one of the purest things Honda ever built. Barely eighteen hundred pounds, a peppy little motor, and a shape that still looks right four decades later. These were the featherweight fun cars that made Honda's name with enthusiasts, and clean survivors are getting genuinely hard to find. So if you've got one, you're keeping a piece of history on the road. Lowering it properly takes a little know-how though, because this era of Honda uses a front torsion bar instead of a coil spring up front. That's exactly what this BC Racing BR kit is designed around.

How This Kit Works With Your Torsion Bar

This is the key thing to understand, so let's get it straight. Because the CRX springs the front end with a torsion bar, there's no coil spring on the front of this setup, and that's on purpose. The kit works alongside your factory torsion bar rather than replacing it, which is why the only spring rate listed is for the rear at 3kgf/mm. That soft-sounding rate isn't a mistake either. This is a tiny, light car, and a low rate is exactly what suits its weight and keeps the ride sane. Your front ride height still comes off the torsion bar the way the factory intended, while the coilover handles the damping and gives you real height control out back.

What You Get Out Of It

Even with the torsion bar front, this kit modernizes how the CRX rides and sits. You get 30 levels of damping adjustment, so you can soften it up to cruise your classic on a nice day or firm it up when you want the car to feel tight and connected. Out back, the coilover lets you set the rear height precisely and get the car sitting level and right, instead of living with whatever stance forty years of sagging springs left you. For a car where the look and the low-slung stance are half the appeal, having that control back is a big deal.

About The Top Mounts

This kit uses RS type mounts, meaning a rubber top mount up front and a rubber or reuse-OEM mount in the rear. On a lightweight classic you actually enjoy driving, that's the right choice. Rubber keeps the harshness and road noise down so the car stays pleasant on a back road, which is the whole point of owning one of these. There's no camber plate built in, so your camber stays set by the factory geometry. If you go low and want to correct it later, plan on adding alignment parts down the road.

Working On A Car This Old

Be realistic about what you're getting into. This CRX is around forty years old, and whatever's bolted to it has had a long, hard life. Before you touch the suspension, look closely at the bushings, the torsion bar mounts, the ball joints, and the hardware, because seized bolts and crumbling rubber are the norm at this age, not the exception. Sort those out while you're under there. Then take your time, set the rear height evenly side to side, and get the car on an alignment rack when you're done. Do it right and you'll have a classic that sits gorgeous and drives tighter than it has in decades.

BC Racing has been building coilovers since the early 2000s, and the fact that they still tool up a torsion-bar-specific kit for a car this old and this rare tells you something. They actually care about the oddball platforms most companies ignore. The BR Series is the kit that built their name, and it brings that same affordable, proven quality to a car that deserves it.

Who This Is For

This one's for the CRX faithful, the people preserving and enjoying one of the coolest lightweight Hondas ever made. Whether your car is a clean survivor you want sitting right or a build coming together piece by piece, this kit gives you the stance and ride control the original suspension can't anymore, all while respecting the torsion-bar design the car was born with. Refresh what needs it, bolt these on, get it aligned, and go enjoy a true classic.

Fits: 1984-1987 Honda CRX, first gen (AE5 / AF5). Spring rate: 3kgf/mm rear (front works with the factory torsion bar, no front spring). Top mounts: RS type (rubber front, rubber or reuse-OEM rear). Damping: 30-way adjustable. Variant: Standard only, no extreme low offered for this application.