XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi S3 SPORTBACK 8V φ55 (Modified Rear Integrated) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2013-2020

The MQB-platform S3 Sportback shipped from Audi with an option most owners only discover once they try to fit aftermarket suspension: electronically controlled dampers reporting back to the DCC module. Bolt on a passive coilover without addressing that signal and the dash lights up with fault codes the car was never designed to ignore. This kit pairs the Super Sport coilover with the cancellation hardware needed to remove that electronic damper signal cleanly, so the 55mm-strut front end and modified, integrated rear link run on manual damping with no warning lights nagging you every time you start the car.

Super Sport sits below XYZ’s Circuit-focused kits, built for owners who want a sharper, lower S3 for fast-road driving with the option of the odd track day rather than a car set up exclusively for lap times.

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

Quattro’s extra driveline mass sits up front on the EA888 2.0 TFSI, and the 8V’s factory setup was tuned to mask that weight rather than let you feel where the front axle is loading. Independent ride height adjustment on this kit lets you drop the car and correct the factory rake without touching spring preload, sharpening turn-in without upsetting the standard geometry. The 36-way damping adjustment gives you a genuinely useful spread – soften it off for the drive to the circuit or a daily commute over broken UK tarmac, then wind in compression and rebound for a trackday session where the S3’s quattro traction lets you get back on the throttle earlier than a front-driven hatch ever could. Because the electronic damper signal is cancelled rather than worked around, the ride quality and adjustment range you dial in stays exactly where you set it, on the road or on circuit.

About the Super Sport coilover

Super Sport is built to take the harshness out of UK B-roads and motorway expansion joints without going soft everywhere else, which is the usual complaint from owners who’ve fitted a track-only kit to a car they still commute in. The 36-way damping adjustment covers a wide enough band to move between a comfort-biased road setting and a firmer track setting on the same dial, and the threaded body means ride height and corner weighting can be set independently of spring rate. For the S3 Sportback specifically, this application includes the cancellation kit that intercepts the factory electronic damper wiring, allowing the OE DCC-equipped car to run passive, manually adjustable dampers without triggering suspension fault codes. XYZ specs this range for exactly this use case: a car that needs to behave itself daily and still hold a line on a weekend track session.

Fitment for the Audi S3 Sportback (2013-2020)

Built for the 8V-generation S3 Sportback, chassis code AU52-C, covering the full 2013-2020 production run. This variant is specifically for cars fitted with the modified, integrated rear link and the 55mm front strut diameter, and includes the cancellation kit required where the factory suspension uses electronically controlled damping. Confirm your S3’s rear link and strut spec against your chassis before ordering.

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