XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi A3 SPORTBACK 8V φ50 (Rear Multi-Link Suspension) Modified Rear Integrated (CancellationKit for Electronic Damping) 2012-2020

The A3 Sportback 8V’s rear multi-link axle left the factory tied to Audi’s electronic damping control, so fitting a set of mechanical coilovers to a φ50 rr multi-link car means dealing with that wiring before the ride settles down properly. This Super Sport coilover for the Audi A3 Sportback comes with the cancellation kit built in, so the electronic damper signal is handled at the point of install rather than left throwing faults on the dash.

Super Sport sits below XYZ Racing’s outright track dampers, built for owners who want a car that’s genuinely quicker through a B-road or a track day but still has to do the school run on Monday. With 36-way damping adjustment and a 50mm strut body, there’s enough range to run stiff on a track morning and back it off for the drive home.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3 Sportback

Drop the ride height and firm up the front end and the A3 Sportback’s nose stops diving under trail braking into a tightening corner, which is where the factory setup on the 8V always felt soft. The 36-way adjustment means you can wind compression down for a cold, cracked B-road and back up again for a track session without swapping parts – one adjuster, two very different jobs. Height adjustment lets you correct the stance the 8V picks up once the factory springs sag, getting the wheel sitting properly in the arch instead of the slightly jacked-up look these cars get with age. Because the cancellation kit deals with the rear electronics, the dash stays quiet instead of throwing a suspension warning every time you start the car – a genuine issue on 8V Sportbacks that keep their factory electronic damping wiring in place after a mechanical coilover swap.

About the Super Sport coilover

Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s fast-road and weekend track damper, built to take the discomfort out of a stock car’s ride over broken tarmac while still giving a driver something to lean on when the pace goes up. Each strut runs 36 stages of damping adjustment, letting you tune compression and rebound independently of ride height, which is set separately via the threaded body. The 50mm piston gives the damper more surface area to work with than a standard unit, which is why the ride stays composed over successive bumps instead of kicking after the first hit. XYZ Racing built Super Sport as a kit that can be run daily and taken to a track day without a rethink of the setup in between – not a full motorsport damper, but not softened for comfort’s sake either. On the A3 Sportback 8V, this specific kit includes the cancellation module needed to run a mechanical rear axle on cars fitted from the factory with electronic damping control, so the swap doesn’t fight the factory wiring.

Fitment for the Audi A3 Sportback (2012-2020)

This kit fits the Audi A3 Sportback 8V built between 2012 and 2020, specifically the φ50 rear multi-link cars fitted from the factory with electronic damping control – hence the cancellation kit included as standard. Confirm your car uses the rr multi-link rear axle before ordering, as earlier torsion-beam 8V variants take a different rear strut.

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Pick your damping and spring rate below to configure the Super Sport kit for your A3 Sportback 8V.