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

The 8V A3’s rear multi-link axle was designed around Audi’s factory electronic dampers, which means any owner fitting passive coilovers has to deal with the car’s damper-control module still expecting a signal that no longer exists. This Street Advanced kit ships with the cancellation module built in, so the swap doesn’t leave you chasing fault codes on the dash or a limp suspension mode triggered by a missing DCC circuit.

Once that’s sorted, what you’re left with is a genuinely adjustable Audi A3 that can flip between comfortable daily use and a stiffer, track-day setup without swapping parts. Street Advanced is XYZ’s mid-tier road-and-track line, built for drivers who want more than a fixed-rate lowering kit but don’t need a full motorsport setup.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3

With 720 damping adjustment positions on tap, you can soften the rear multi-link end for motorway comfort on the commute, then wind it back toward the firm end before a track day without any part swaps. The A3 8V’s independent rear multi-link geometry responds well to a stiffer damper curve under load, cutting the rear-end float that shows up on the standard setup once you’re pushing on a B-road or circuit. Ride height is also adjustable at each corner, so you can drop the car for a lower centre of gravity and tighter turn-in without running out of suspension travel over speed bumps and driveway lips. Because the cancellation kit removes the electronic damper dependency entirely, there’s no warning light nagging you every time you start the car, and no compromised "limp" damping mode to work around.

About the Street Advanced coilover

Street Advanced is XYZ Racing’s most widely fitted line, refined over several years of development and proven in competition before making it into this specification. The core of the kit is its 720-way damping adjuster, giving a wide enough spread between soft and firm that the same set of coilovers covers commuting comfort and a proper track session. Construction favours durability under repeated road use rather than outright minimum weight, which suits an A3 that’s doing daily miles as well as the odd trackday. XYZ pitches Street Advanced specifically at drivers who want a coilover they can live with every day but who also want the option to sharpen things up when the road opens out or the car goes on circuit. For the 8V platform, this application additionally resolves the electronic-damper conflict that normally complicates any coilover fitment on cars built with adaptive suspension from the factory.

Fitment for the Audi A3 8V (2012-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi A3 8V generation, chassis code AU12-4-C, covering the 2012 to 2020 production run fitted with the Φ55 rear multi-link suspension layout. It’s specified for cars that left the factory with electronic damper control, which is why the cancellation module is included rather than optional. Confirm your car uses the multi-link rear axle (rather than the torsion-beam setup fitted to some lower-spec variants) before ordering.

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Configure your damping and ride height for the 2012-2020 Audi A3 8V below.