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

The 8V A3’s multi-link rear axle is a step up from the twist-beam setup on earlier A3s, and it rewards a coilover that can actually exploit the extra geometry rather than just stiffening everything and calling it a day. XYZ Racing’s Street Advanced kit is built for exactly that gap between stock comfort and a dedicated track setup.

This is the spec for owners who want their A3 sharper on a Saturday morning back-road run and still liveable on the Monday commute, with damping you can adjust yourself as your priorities shift between the two.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3

Ride height and damping are both in your hands here rather than fixed at the factory compromise. With 720 damping adjustment positions, you can wind the front and rear towards comfort for daily driving on the 8V’s multi-link rear, then firm it up before a track day without swapping parts. Lowering the car brings the centre of gravity down and reduces the body roll that the factory ride height was tuned to absorb rather than resist, which sharpens turn-in on the front-driven or quattro variants of this chassis. The monotube-style construction typical of this range keeps damping force more consistent as the dampers heat up over a longer, harder drive, so the character you set at 8am doesn’t drift by lunchtime. Because adjustment is external, dialling the car back down for a motorway trip home doesn’t require tools or a session on the ramp.

About the Street Advanced coilover

XYZ Racing developed the Street Advanced over several years specifically to sit at the top of its street-focused range, built from the experience gained supplying kits into racing programmes worldwide. The 720-way damping adjustment is the headline figure here – a genuinely wide window that separates it from single- or few-position adjustable dampers, letting you find a setting rather than pick from three compromises. XYZ positions this kit as equipment for a driver who wants speed and control without stepping fully into a race-only setup, which is why it’s built to handle everyday road use as well as the odd track day rather than one or the other. On a chassis like the 8V A3, with its multi-link rear geometry, that adjustability matters more than on simpler platforms because there’s more suspension travel and camber behaviour worth tuning around.

Fitment for the Audi A3 (2012-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi A3 8V generation fitted with the Φ55 rear multi-link suspension setup, covering the 2012 to 2020 production run. Confirm your car uses the multi-link rear axle rather than the torsion-beam variant before ordering, since the two require different rear coilover designs. Chassis code reference: AU12-4.

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Configure your damping and ride height preferences for your A3 8V below to get the right spec for how you actually drive it.