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

The A3 Sportback 8V’s twist-beam rear axle keeps the rear end light and mechanically simple, but it also means both rear wheels move together as one assembly rather than independently. On a sealed-stage tarmac rally route, where crests, compressions and camber changes arrive one after another at speed, that single-beam rear needs a damper that can control weight transfer through the axle without the whole assembly skipping across the surface.

XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally coilover is built for exactly that discipline. For the Audi A3 Sportback covered by this cancellation kit fitment, the kit replaces the factory electronically controlled damper with a passive unit and includes the cancellation kit needed to disable the original electronic damping control, so the car no longer looks for a signal from a module that isn’t there.

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

Fitted to the A3 Sportback’s twist-beam rear, this coilover keeps both wheels loaded evenly as the axle compresses over broken tarmac, rather than letting one side unload and skip. Ride height is adjustable independently of spring preload, so you can set the front-to-rear rake the twist-beam rear needs to keep the tyre’s contact patch working through a stage rather than just at the apex. Damping is tuned for repeated big hits rather than a single smooth b-road, which matters when a rally stage throws compressions at you every few seconds rather than once a lap. Because the unit is passive, the car’s behaviour stops depending on what the factory electronics decide to do mid-corner.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

The Tarmac Rally coilover is built to take the hit from broken and uneven road surfaces without transmitting that impact straight into the body. Where a big compression or a mid-corner ridge would otherwise unsettle the car, the damper is tuned to absorb the jolt and keep the tyre pressed into the surface, which is what keeps traction available when the road stops being smooth. The result is a chassis that stays composed and predictable through a sequence of corners rather than one that reacts differently every time the surface changes. XYZ Racing set the damping and spring rates for this line using its own tarmac rally programme, so the settings reflect what the team found working stages rather than a generic road-going calibration.

Fitment for the Audi A3 Sportback (2012-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi A3 Sportback 8V with the twist-beam rear suspension layout, covering the 2012-2020 production run under chassis code AU12-4-2-C. Because this variant left the factory with electronic damper control, the kit is supplied with the cancellation kit needed to remove that dependency so the passive coilover functions correctly on this specific model.

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