XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Audi A3 SPORTBACK 8V Φ55 (Rear Twist- beam Suspension) 2012-2020

The A3 8V’s torsion-beam rear axle – fitted to the lower-output Sportback variants ahead of the multi-link cars – keeps unsprung mass low and the rear end mechanically simple, which is exactly what a rally-prepped hatch wants when a stage throws crests, compressions and camber changes at speed. XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally coilover kit for the Audi A3 Sportback 8V (2012-2020) is built around that simplicity, tuning the beam axle’s limited travel so it survives a full stage instead of folding after the first big hit.

Sealed-stage tarmac events don’t offer the glass-smooth surface of a circuit – patched tarmac, mid-corner ridges and blind crests are normal, and a road-biased setup gets caught out fast on them. This kit is calibrated specifically for that environment, so a big hit gets absorbed rather than kicking the rear axle off line.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3 Sportback 8V Φ55 (rr Twist- Beam Suspension)

Installed on your Audi A3 Sportback, the first thing you notice is how the car handles a surface that isn’t billiard-table flat. The damper is set up to absorb the impact of uneven pavement and swallow the jolt from a big bump without passing the shock straight into the twist-beam and the cabin. That control keeps the rear tyres loaded through a crest instead of letting them skip across it, so contact patch and traction hold up exactly when you need the car to rotate into a hairpin. The result is a chassis that stays settled and predictable through a whole stage, with the front-driven A3 putting power down out of slow corners rather than scrabbling for grip on a beam axle that’s already unsettled.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally line was developed specifically for sealed-stage rallying, where the surface is real tarmac rather than a resurfaced circuit – broken sections, ridges and mid-corner bumps included. Every valving choice in the damper aims at soaking up that unevenness: a hard vertical hit is absorbed rather than passed through to the body, keeping the chassis settled instead of getting thrown off its line. That control does double duty for grip, because a tyre that stays in contact with the road puts more of its footprint to work than one that’s skipping. What the Tarmac Rally spec is chasing is stability under load – a car that holds its attitude mid-corner and lets the driver commit to the next braking point. The damping settings supplied with this kit come directly from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally programme, carried over from stage testing rather than worked out on a rig.

Fitment for the Audi A3 Sportback 8V Φ55 (rr Twist- Beam Suspension) (2012-2020)

This kit is specced for the Audi A3 Sportback on the 8V platform from 2012 to 2020, specifically the Φ55 strut-diameter cars fitted with the torsion-beam rear axle rather than the multi-link rear used on higher-output variants. Confirm your car has the twist-beam rear before ordering, since the two rear suspension types are not interchangeable on this kit.

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Configure your Tarmac Rally spec for the A3 Sportback 8V below and get the setup matched to your car.