XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi S1 SPORTBACK 8X (Modified Rear Integrated) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2014-2018

The S1 Sportback’s quattro drivetrain puts extra weight over the front axle before you even climb in, and Audi wired the standard car’s electronic dampers straight into the drive-select system – pull them out for a passive coilover and the dash throws a fault unless that circuit is dealt with first. This Super Sport kit is supplied with the cancellation function built in, so the swap onto the AU43-1-C platform goes in clean.

Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s fast-road and weekend track spec, sat between a comfort-biased daily setup and a full circuit-only build. On a small, quattro-driven hatch like the S1, that middle ground matters – you get a chassis that resists the nose-heavy push under trail braking without turning every speed bump into a jolt through the seat.

What this coilover does for your 2014-2018 Audi S1

Ride height is adjustable independent of damping, so you can drop the S1’s stance to tighten body roll without running out of usable travel over a rough B-road or a wet track kerb. The 36-way damping adjustment lets you set a firmer compression rate for track days and back it off for the commute, rather than living with one compromise setting all year round. Because quattro already sends drive to the rear axle, a coilover that keeps the rear properly loaded under power matters more here than on a front-drive hatch – go too stiff at the back and you work against the car’s own traction advantage. With the electronic damping circuit cancelled, the S1 keeps its factory drive-select functions for throttle and steering without the dash arguing with you over a suspension mode that no longer exists.

About the Super Sport coilover

XYZ Racing built the Super Sport line to solve the usual coilover trade-off: a setup stiff enough for track work that doesn’t beat you up on the drive there and back. The damper is designed to take the harshness out of bumps and rough surfaces that a fixed, aggressive spring rate would otherwise send straight into the cabin, while still offering 36 individual damping positions to move between a plusher setting and a firmer one as conditions change. Ride height adjusts independently of that damping curve, so lowering the car for a track session doesn’t force you to recalibrate rebound and compression from scratch. XYZ positions Super Sport as a dual-purpose kit – built to hold up over a weekend on circuit, but tuned to stay liveable as a daily driver, which is the brief most S1 owners are actually working to.

Fitment for the Audi S1 Sportback 8X (Modified Rr Integrated) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) (2014-2018)

This kit is built for the Audi S1 Sportback 8X, chassis code AU43-1-C, covering the 2014 to 2018 production run. It’s specified for the modified rear-integrated suspension mounting used on this chassis and includes the cancellation kit needed where the car left the factory with electronic damping control, so the standard drive-select electronics aren’t left hunting for a sensor that’s no longer there.

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Spec the ride height and damping range that suits how you’ll actually use the S1, from track weekends to the daily commute, and configure yours below.