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

The A3 8V’s multi-link rear axle only appears on the higher-output and quattro-equipped cars in this generation – the lower-powered FWD versions ran a torsion beam instead – so this Street Advanced kit is built around that independent rear geometry rather than a generic strut-and-beam setup. On a chassis where the rear end actually changes camber and toe under load, that distinction is felt the moment you load the car into a fast direction change.

Street Advanced is XYZ Racing’s mid-tier answer for owners who split their time between the daily commute and the odd track day, rather than committing to a full motorsport setup. It replaces the factory dampers and springs with a coilover assembly offering 720 damping settings, giving a genuinely wide window between a comfortable road setup and a stiffer, flatter track-day response, without swapping parts between the two.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3

Fitted to the multi-link rear, the kit lets you set compression and rebound independently front and rear, so the nose settles under braking without upsetting the rear axle’s own geometry changes mid-corner. Ride height drops and becomes adjustable at each corner, lowering the A3’s centre of gravity and sharpening turn-in without leaning on stiffer anti-roll bars. The 720-way damping range means you’re not stuck choosing one compromise: wind it softer for the commute, then firm the rear up before a track day and feel how much faster the back end settles after a kerb strike or mid-corner bump. Because the adjustment happens at the strut rather than through bushes or subframe changes, the multi-link axle’s inherent stability under trail-braking is preserved rather than fought.

About the Street Advanced coilover

Street Advanced sits at the centre of XYZ Racing’s coilover range, and it’s the line the brand has spent the most time developing, running it through its own racing programme before bringing it to retail. That background shows up directly in the retail kit: a damper body offering 720 individual damping steps, fine enough that you’re not picking between "too soft" and "too firm" – there’s a usable setting in between. It’s built specifically for drivers who use the car on the road day to day but want the option of a track day without changing suspension beforehand, which is a different brief to a race-only setup that gives up road manners entirely. For an A3 owner who wants real control over how the car sits and moves without losing the ability to drive it home afterwards, this is the type built for exactly that middle ground.

Fitment for the Audi A3 8V Φ55 (Rr Multi-link Suspension) Modified Rr Integrated (2012-2020)

This kit is specced for the Audi A3 8V built between 2012 and 2020, specifically the variants that left the factory with independent multi-link rear suspension rather than the torsion-beam rear fitted to lower-powered FWD cars in the same generation. The Φ55 shock body and Modified Rr Integrated rear mount are matched to that multi-link geometry, so confirm your car’s rear suspension type before ordering rather than going by model year alone.

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Configure your Street Advanced kit for the multi-link A3 8V below, and set the damping range to match how you actually plan to drive it.