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

The Audi S3 Sportback 8V left the factory with electronic damping control wired into its rear integrated-link suspension, and fitting a manual coilover to that Φ55 rear axle normally leaves the car’s electronics hunting for a signal that no longer exists. This fitment pairs the XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover with the cancellation kit for that electronic damping circuit, so the S3’s quattro drivetrain and the new dampers work together without warning lights or limp-mode surprises.

Tarmac Rally is not track-day tuning. It is built for sealed-stage running on real roads, where surface changes mid-corner and a compression that would be a non-event on a circuit kerb can be a genuine hit here. On the S3 Sportback’s Haldex-based quattro platform, that matters because power is already being shuffled rearward under load, and a chassis that’s still settling from the last bump has less to give the front axle.

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

Expect the front end to stay planted through the compressions and crests that a tarmac stage throws at a quattro hatch, with the damper absorbing the shock of uneven surfaces rather than passing it straight into the chassis. That control keeps the tyre’s contact patch loaded through the impact instead of skipping across it, which on a car sending drive to all four corners is where traction actually gets made or lost. The rear integrated-link geometry on the Φ55 chassis is retained rather than compromised, so the S3’s factory-tuned rear-end behaviour under trail-braking and off-throttle rotation carries over rather than getting masked by a generic spring-and-damper swap. The result is a car that settles faster after a hit and holds its line into the next turn-in, over repeated stages rather than a single clean pass.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

This is the damper XYZ Racing built specifically around sealed-stage tarmac work, where the road surface is uneven in a way a circuit rarely is. The valving is set to absorb the impact of that surface rather than transmit it, taking the edge off big hits so the shock doesn’t translate straight into body movement and unsettle the car mid-corner. That control is what keeps the tyre loaded and gripping through a compression instead of skipping, which is the difference between a stage car that stays composed and one that’s constantly correcting. The damping settings on this kit come directly from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally programme, tuned on the surfaces this coilover is meant to run on rather than adapted from a circuit-only base.

Fitment for the Audi S3 Sportback 8V φ55 (Modified Rr Integrated) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) (2013-2020)

Built for the Audi S3 Sportback 8V, chassis code AU52-C, covering the 2013 to 2020 model years. This spec is for cars with the Φ55 rear integrated-link suspension in its modified configuration, and includes the cancellation kit required where the factory fitted electronic damping control – check your S3’s rear suspension type before ordering if you’re unsure which Φ55 variant applies.

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Built specifically for the AU52-C rear axle and its electronic damping cancellation, this kit is ready to spec for your S3 Sportback – configure yours below.