XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Audi S3 SEDAN 8V φ55 (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2013-2020

The S3 Sedan’s 8V-generation quattro layout stacks a transverse 2.0 TFSI, six-speed dual-clutch and all-wheel-drive transfer hardware over the front axle, and Audi’s factory answer was adaptive electronic damping tuned to mask that nose-heavy bias. This Street Advanced coilover kit replaces that electronic hardware with a fully mechanical set-up, and because it’s supplied as a cancellation kit for the electronic damping, the sensor conflict that would otherwise trigger a fault code or leave the car stuck in a limp-mode ride height is resolved as part of the fitment.

Street Advanced is XYZ Racing’s fast-road line, built for owners who use the S3 on the daily commute and still want a car that behaves on a B-road or the odd trackday. It suits drivers after a firmer, more controlled ride than the factory set-up without giving up the comfort adjustment that keeps a quattro saloon liveable through a UK winter.

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

With 720 damping adjustment positions, you can wind the front and rear circuits toward comfort for the motorway commute and firm them back up before a spirited drive, without swapping any parts. Lowering the ride height also drops the centre of gravity on a chassis that already carries plenty of mass over the front wheels, cutting the body roll quattro cars are prone to under quick direction changes. Because the kit replaces the electronic dampers rather than working around them, the S3 loses the small lag between the stock system reading the road and the dampers reacting, so the front axle settles faster under trail braking into a corner. Ride height and camber can both be set to match the tyres and alignment the car is actually running, rather than the factory compromise.

About the Street Advanced coilover

Street Advanced is the coilover XYZ Racing sells in the highest volume, and the spec reflects years of development work by the brand’s in-house engineering team, refined off the back of what they’ve learned running cars in international racing. It sits between a comfort-first road kit and a dedicated circuit set-up, aimed at drivers who split their time between normal road use and the occasional trackday rather than committing fully to one or the other. The headline figure is 720 damping positions, giving a wide enough window to move meaningfully between a settled ride for everyday driving and a tauter, more controlled feel when the car is being driven hard. Construction follows XYZ’s usual coilover format, with height and damping adjustment built into the same unit rather than treated as a bolt-on afterthought, so the adjustment range is genuinely usable rather than a spec-sheet number. It’s built for drivers who want the car to respond precisely and hold its composure, not just sit lower.

Fitment for the Audi S3 Sedan (2013-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi S3 Sedan, 8V generation, φ55 strut diameter, covering the 2013 to 2020 model years. It’s specified as the cancellation kit for cars that left the factory with electronic damping control, so the sensor and wiring conflict is handled as part of the fitment rather than left for the installer to work around.

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Confirm your S3 Sedan’s spec against the fitment details above, then configure your Street Advanced kit and colour options below.