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

The A3 Sportback 8V’s multi-link rear axle – fitted only to the quattro and higher-output derivatives, rather than the torsion-beam cars further down the range – already gives this MQB-based hatch more independent rear geometry to work with than most of its badge-engineered siblings. Where that potential gets throttled is the factory damper control: cars specified with Audi’s electronic adaptive dampers won’t accept a standard mechanical coilover without throwing fault codes, which is why this kit ships with a cancellation module built in.

XYZ Racing’s Street Advanced is the fitment for this exact car: a 2012-2020 Audi A3 Sportback set up for enthusiast road use with enough adjustability to still work a track day without a full respec. It replaces the electronic dampers and their wiring logic outright, so the multi-link rear can be tuned mechanically instead of through a control unit.

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

Fitting this coilover to the multi-link rear end changes how the car settles into direction changes – instead of the factory’s compromise ride and handling map, you get a fixed mechanical response set to how you actually drive. The 720-way damping adjustment lets you run a comfort-biased setting for the commute and firm it up before a trackday, all without the electronic system’s approval. Ride height comes off the factory’s one-size-fits-all setting too, so the A3 Sportback can be lowered to actually sit correctly on the multi-link geometry rather than just dropped on shorter springs. Because the electronic damper control is cancelled rather than left fighting the new dampers, there’s no warning-light conflict to work around every time you change the settings.

About the Street Advanced coilover

The Street Advanced sits in XYZ Racing’s range as the everyday-plus-trackday option, developed by XYZ’s engineering team and tested in competition before being brought into road-going form. It carries 720 discrete damping positions, a far finer window of adjustment than the two- or three-stage electronic systems it replaces. That range is built deliberately for drivers who split their mileage between normal road use and track days, rather than a car set up solely for one or the other. The cancellation module supplied with this kit is matched specifically to the electronic-damping variant of the A3 Sportback, so the ECU sees a resolved circuit rather than a fault condition once the mechanical dampers are fitted. XYZ’s own competition testing informs the valving, which is why the range reads as usable at both ends of the brief rather than soft in the middle.

Fitment for the Audi A3 Sportback (2012-2020)

This kit is specified for the Audi A3 Sportback 8V, chassis reference AU12-2-C, covering 2012 to 2020. It’s built for the multi-link rear-suspension cars only – not the torsion-beam versions further down the range – and includes the cancellation kit needed for cars originally fitted with electronic adaptive damping, so confirm that option is present on your car before ordering.

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Pick your spec for the multi-link A3 Sportback below – damping range and ride height are set to your car once you configure it.