XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi A3 SPORTBACK 8V φ55 (Rear Multi-Link Suspension) Modified Rear Integrated 2012-2020

The A3 Sportback 8V’s multi-link rear axle – fitted to the quattro and higher-output variants of this generation rather than the torsion-beam cars sharing the same showroom – already gives this Audi a more independent, geometry-sensitive rear end than most hatchbacks in its class. That independence is wasted on a soft factory spring rate; the XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover for the Audi A3 Sportback 8V Φ55 gives the rear multi-link setup, and the front struts, a matched, adjustable base to work from.

Super Sport sits in the fast-road-and-weekend-track bracket of the XYZ Racing range: firm enough to control body movement through a B-road or a track day, still liveable on the commute. For an A3 that spends most of its life on UK roads with the odd track outing thrown in, that’s the bracket that matters.

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

Drop the ride height and firm up the front-end response and the A3 Sportback’s nose stops diving under trail braking into a roundabout, while the multi-link rear – already more capable than a torsion beam – keeps the outside rear tyre loaded through direction changes instead of skipping over mid-corner bumps. The 36-way damping adjustment means you can run the front and rear stiffer for a track session, then wind them back for the drive home without touching a spanner. Because ride height is independently adjustable, you can correct the factory rake, level the car out after fitting bigger wheels, or simply drop the stance without sacrificing suspension travel. On broken UK tarmac, the damper’s job is to stop small, sharp inputs from unsettling the chassis mid-corner, not just to lower the car for the sake of it.

About the Super Sport coilover

Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s damper for owners who want one set of coilovers to cover both the daily commute and the occasional weekend track outing, rather than switching between two setups. The damper offers 36 discrete stages of compression and rebound adjustment, letting you tune out the harshness a fixed-rate setup introduces on rough roads while still leaving enough range to firm the car up properly when the surface allows it. Ride height is adjustable independently of that damping curve, so lowering the A3 doesn’t force a compromised spring preload or a harsher ride than necessary. XYZ Racing builds the Super Sport range around exactly this daily-use-to-weekend-race spread, which is why it’s the type most A3 Sportback owners fitting adjustable suspension for the first time end up specifying, ahead of a dedicated track-only damper.

Fitment for the Audi A3 Sportback (2012-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi A3 Sportback 8V with the Φ55 rear shock body and multi-link rear suspension – the "Modified Rr Integrated" configuration fitted to specific 8V variants across the 2012-2020 production run, not the torsion-beam cars in the same generation. Confirm your car uses the multi-link rear before ordering, since front-only or torsion-beam A3 Sportbacks from this range need a different kit.

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Every Super Sport kit is set to a sensible baseline out of the box, but the 36-way adjustment is there for you to make your own – configure yours below.