XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi S3 SPORTBACK 8V φ55 2013-2020

The 8V S3 Sportback carries its turbocharged EA888 four and the quattro driveline’s extra hardware over the front axle, so the nose loads up harder under trail braking than the FWD Golf GTI it shares a platform with. Factory-spec dampers weren’t built to control that mass transfer or the squat that comes with an AWD launch off the line.

XYZ Racing’s Super Sport coilover is built for exactly that mix of fast-road driving and the occasional weekend track session, giving the S3 the damping range to settle that front-end weight without turning the ride harsh on the drive home.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2020 Audi S3 Sportback 8V

With 36-way damping adjustment, you can wind the compression up to check the dive under braking into a hairpin, then back it off for a motorway commute without the car crashing over expansion joints. Ride height adjustment lets you drop the S3’s stance to lower the centre of gravity and tighten body control through direction changes, which matters on a car that’s already carrying quattro’s extra unsprung weight at each corner. The wider damping window also means you’re not locked into one setup – a track-day morning and a wet-road drive home can run two different damper positions on the same kit. Sorting the ride height correctly also keeps the quattro system’s driveshaft angles within a sensible range, rather than leaving the car sitting on a compromised factory ride height that was never tuned for lowered springs.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport line was designed to take the harshness out of rough-road driving while still giving the driver real control over how the car sits and reacts. Its headline figure is 36-way dampening adjustment, spanning a wide enough range that the same damper can be softened for daily comfort or firmed up for a circuit outing without swapping parts. Ride height is independently adjustable, so lowering the car doesn’t lock you into a single spring preload or damper setting. XYZ Racing built this damper around dual use – weekend track sessions and everyday driving – rather than optimising purely for one or the other, which is why the adjustment range runs as wide as it does. It’s the mid-tier answer for owners who want more than a fixed-rate lowering kit but don’t need a full multi-way motorsport damper.

Fitment for the Audi S3 SPORTBACK 8V (2013-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi S3 Sportback 8V, chassis code AU51, covering the 2013 to 2020 production run. It’s specced around the φ55 damper body fitment for this chassis, so confirm your S3 Sportback falls within that year range before ordering.

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