XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Audi A3 SPORTBACK 8V Φ55 (Rear Multi-Link Suspension) 2012-2020

The A3 Sportback 8V’s multi-link rear axle – fitted only to the quattro and higher-output front-drive variants of this generation, rather than the torsion-beam layout on the entry-level cars – gives the rear end genuine independent geometry to work with. That matters once you start altering spring rates and damping, because a multi-link setup actually changes camber and toe under load instead of just riding along for the change.

XYZ Racing’s Street Advanced coilover for this specific AU12-2 fitment is built around that difference. It suits drivers who want a car that’s composed on a fast B-road one day and capable of a track day the next, with damping you can wind in or out to suit which one you’re doing that weekend.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3 Sportback 8V

Lowering and stiffening the multi-link rear on the A3 Sportback tightens up the softer factory geometry Audi tuned for comfort over feedback. With 720 damping settings to work through, you can run the front end firm enough to control body roll into a roundabout while keeping the rear compliant enough that the car doesn’t skip over broken tarmac on the way there. Ride height adjustment lets you correct the nose-heavy stance that comes from the A3’s transverse engine layout, pulling the front arches down to match a rear end that’s already sitting lower and flatter under load. On a track day, winding the damping toward the firm end sharpens turn-in and cuts the pitch you feel under braking into a hairpin, without needing a different set of dampers for road use the next morning.

About the Street Advanced coilover

Street Advanced sits at the core of XYZ Racing’s coilover range – it’s the product the brand’s engineers have spent years refining, and the one most often seen on the road cars run by teams XYZ has supplied internationally. The headline spec is 720 individual damping combinations, split across separate compression and rebound adjustment, which is a wide enough band to move from a comfortable daily setting to something closer to a dedicated track tune without swapping hardware. Construction pairs XYZ’s usual monotube-style internals with a threaded body, so ride height adjusts independently of spring preload and lowering the car doesn’t automatically change the spring rate. It’s positioned as the do-it-all option in the lineup: enough adjustment range to be genuinely useful on a circuit, but tuned out of the box for a car that still has to cover motorway miles and speed bumps during the week.

Fitment for the Audi A3 Sportback (2012-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi A3 Sportback 8V Φ55 with multi-link rear suspension, chassis code AU12-2, covering model years 2012 to 2020. Confirm your car has the multi-link rear axle rather than the torsion-beam layout before ordering, as the two use different rear coilover geometry and are not interchangeable.

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Configure your Street Advanced kit for the A3 Sportback 8V below, and pick the damping range that matches how much of your driving happens on track versus the road.