XYZ Racing Top Sport Coilovers — Audi A3 SPORTBACK 8V Φ50 (Rear Twist- beam Suspension) (Cancellation Kit for ElectronicDamping) 2012-2020

The A3 Sportback 8V’s twist-beam rear axle keeps the back end simple and light, but on cars specified with Audi’s electronically controlled adaptive dampers, bolting on a manual coilover means the factory damper control module has to be dealt with first. This Top Sport kit for the Φ50-strut, twist-beam Audi A3 8V comes with the cancellation kit built in, so the ECU stops hunting for a damper actuator that no longer exists once the coilovers go in.

Top Sport is XYZ Racing’s spec for owners who use the car hard on the road and take it to the odd track day without living out of the boot with tools. It sits between the firmer full-adjustable ranges and the softer street-only kits, aimed squarely at an A3 that gets driven properly rather than trailered.

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

Stepping up damping force and spring rate over the factory setup, by XYZ Racing’s own figures around 30 to 50 percent more damping or roughly 2kg/mm more spring, changes how the A3’s front strut and twist-beam rear absorb a poor B-road surface. The extra control keeps the body from wallowing into a compression after a mid-corner ridge or expansion joint, which matters on a torsion-beam rear where both wheels move somewhat together. Sharper damping response also settles the car faster after a big hit, so the tyre spends more time loaded evenly rather than skipping across the next section of tarmac. With the cancellation kit fitted, the electronic damping warning lights stay off and the car drives as a conventional, manually-set-up A3 rather than fighting a confused adaptive system. The net result on a 2012-2020 Audi A3 SPORTBACK is a car that turns in with less initial body movement and holds its line better under trail-braking into a twist-beam-rear corner exit.

About the Top Sport coilover

XYZ Racing built the Top Sport range around its own track-day testing, using that experience to set damping and spring rates roughly a third to a half stiffer than standard road settings. The extra firmness is there to soak up the impact of rough surfaces and big compressions rather than transmit them straight into the chassis, which in turn keeps the body more settled and the contact patch more consistent through a corner. That control translates into a more stable platform under hard cornering and braking, which is the point of a kit pitched at track day and spirited road use rather than pure comfort. Construction follows XYZ Racing’s usual coilover format, with height and, depending on spec, damping adjustment built into the strut so the ride height and firmness can be set to the car and the way it’s actually driven, rather than left at one compromise setting.

Fitment for the Audi A3 SPORTBACK (2012-2020)

This kit is built for the A3 SPORTBACK 8V with the Φ50 front strut and twist-beam rear suspension, chassis code AU12-4-1-C, covering the 2012 to 2020 production run. It includes the cancellation kit needed on cars originally fitted with electronic adaptive damping, so the factory damper control module doesn’t flag a fault once the coilovers replace the standard struts.

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