XYZ Racing Racing Spec 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 higher-output and quattro variants rather than the torsion-beam base cars – gives this chassis genuine rear-end adjustability that a coilover kit can actually exploit. XYZ Racing’s Racing Spec kit is built around that difference, using a 55mm-diameter strut body and a reworked rear integration to put damping control exactly where the multi-link geometry can use it.

This is not a fast-road kit wearing a track badge. Racing Spec settings come out of XYZ’s direct involvement in touring car racing, including WTCC, and that same damper architecture underpins the kit fitted to this A3 Sportback for serious track and time-attack days.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3 Sportback 8V φ55 (Rr Multi-Link Suspension) Modified Rr Integrated

Swap in the Racing Spec kit on your 2012-2020 Audi A3 Sportback and the multi-link rear immediately feels more resolved under load – lateral movement that the standard rear bushes and dampers let happen gets checked, so mid-corner changes of direction land more precisely. The 55mm strut body resists flex that a stock unit can’t match, which matters when you’re trail-braking into a hairpin with a heavier drivetrain up front. Ride height is fully adjustable, so you can set front-to-rear rake for your specific circuit’s kerbs and camber changes rather than living with a fixed factory setup. On a car whose factory rear geometry was never built with lap times in mind, the multi-link’s inherent adjustability is what this kit is actually unlocking.

About the Racing Spec coilover

XYZ’s Racing Spec range is developed directly from circuit racing rather than adapted from a road product. Damping curves and spring rates were shaped by the brand’s own participation in touring car competition, WTCC among it, so the valving in this kit reflects lessons taken from an actual grid rather than a bench test. For A3s that have already had aggressive supporting upgrades – bigger brakes, a wider track, a built engine running well past standard power – XYZ also offers a bespoke damper build: send over your modification list and the circuits you run, and they will specify a custom-valved Racing Spec unit rather than a generic one. On this Sportback the kit carries a reworked rear shock mount to integrate cleanly with the 8V’s multi-link layout, so the added adjustability doesn’t come at the cost of a compromised fitment.

Fitment for the Audi A3 SPORTBACK 8V φ55 (Rr Multi-Link Suspension) Modified Rr Integrated (2012-2020)

This Racing Spec kit is built for the Audi A3 Sportback 8V, chassis code AU12-8, across the 2012-2020 production run – specifically the 55mm-strut, multi-link-rear cars with the modified rear-integrated mount. Confirm your car falls within that rear-suspension specification before ordering, since the 8V range covers more than one rear-axle layout across this period.

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Confirm your A3 Sportback’s rear-suspension spec against the fitment notes above, then configure your Racing Spec kit below.