XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi A3 8V Φ55 (Rear Twist- beam Suspension) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2012-2020

The A3 8V’s torsion-beam rear keeps the platform light and simple, but it also means rear damping and ride height come almost entirely down to what you bolt on, since there’s no multi-link geometry to lean on. XYZ Racing’s Super Sport coilover addresses that directly, giving the 8V a coordinated front-and-rear damping and height package instead of the mismatched-spring compromises a lot of A3 owners end up with.

This version carries the cancellation kit for electronic damping, so if your A3 left the factory with adaptive dampers, the swap to a fixed-rate Super Sport set-up integrates without the dash throwing up fault codes. It’s built for drivers who want the A3 sharper on a fast-road drive or a weekend track outing without turning the car into something that beats you up on the commute.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3

With 36-way damping adjustment, you can run the Super Sport soft enough to keep the front axle settled over broken B-road surfaces, then wind in compression and rebound before a track session to control the pitch you’d otherwise feel under braking into slower corners. Ride height adjustment lets you correct the stance that a stock A3 8V loses once you’re running the torsion beam at a lower, stiffer setting, and gets the wheel sitting correctly in the arch instead of guessing with spacers. Because the electronic damping cancellation kit is included, you keep dash-warning-free integration on cars built with adaptive suspension, so the switch to a manual damper doesn’t leave you chasing an ECU fault. Owners moving off worn factory dampers typically notice the biggest gain in body control through direction changes, where the standard torsion-beam rear tends to wallow.

About the Super Sport coilover

XYZ Racing’s Super Sport damper is built to take away the harshness that stock or aging dampers let through on broken tarmac, while still giving you a legitimate way to lower the car. The 36-way adjustment range runs from a comfort-leaning setting for everyday roads to a firmer, track-oriented setting, so the same damper covers commuting and lapping duty rather than forcing a choice between the two. Ride height is independently adjustable at each corner, which matters on a torsion-beam car like the A3 where getting the rear sitting level is otherwise fiddly. XYZ builds this range for exactly the weekend-race-and-daily-use crossover the A3 8V buyer is usually after, rather than a single-purpose track damper that’s miserable on the school run.

Fitment for the Audi A3 (2012-2020)

This kit is specced for the Audi A3 8V with the rear torsion-beam (twist-beam) suspension, chassis code AU12-4-4-C, covering the 2012 to 2020 model years. It includes the cancellation kit required for A3s fitted with electronic damping control from the factory – check your car’s suspension type before ordering if you’re unsure whether you have the torsion-beam or multi-link rear.

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Spec your ride height and damping settings to match how you’ll actually use the car – configure yours below.