Originally Posted by Solracer
Technically Coilvers do not equal a threaded sleve or threaded bodied shock, Most hondas came with coilovers from the factory, in technical speak a coilover is a shock/strut with a coil spring over it = coil over.
Most honda's have shocks, Strust designate a system where you have no upper control arm and the strut and uppser strut mount act as an upper control arm.
Exactly, a coilover is a coil spring that is goes over the whole shock. A good example of this is the stock suspension.
I tend to call those "coilovers" with threaded nuts adjustable height springs.