XYZ Racing Pro Rally Coilovers — Audi A3 8V Φ50 (Rear Multi-Link Suspension) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2012-2020

The Audi A3 8V’s multi-link rear axle – fitted to quattro cars and the higher-output front-drive variants rather than the torsion-beam base cars – gives this chassis independent rear wheel control that a rally-spec build can actually exploit instead of fighting. XYZ Racing’s Pro Rally coilover is built around that geometry, and because this A3 left the factory with electronic damping (Audi Magnetic Ride or Drive Select), the kit includes the cancellation hardware needed to remove the factory damper wiring from the loop before the fixed-valve struts go in.

For top-flight rally competition, the Φ50 strut body matters more than it looks on a spec sheet. A 50mm bore copes with the repeated, high-amplitude hits of a gravel or snow stage without the internal pressure spikes that shorten the life of a smaller-diameter unit over a single event, let alone a season.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3 8V Φ50 (Rr Multi-Link Suspension) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping)

With the factory electronic damping cancelled out, the Pro Rally kit gives the A3’s multi-link rear the fixed, predictable damping curve a stage car needs – no ECU intervening mid-corner to soften or stiffen the ride based on road sensors that were never calibrated for gravel. The wider 50mm bore keeps damping force consistent as the struts heat up under sustained hard use, so the car’s behaviour on stage six looks like its behaviour on stage one. Increased travel and adjustable ride height let you set the A3 up for the ground clearance a given stage demands, then bring it back down for tarmac sections without swapping hardware. Independent corner adjustment also means the nose-heavy weight of the A3’s transverse engine layout can be balanced against the multi-link rear rather than left to fight it.

About the Pro Rally coilover

XYZ Racing builds its rally gravel and snow suspension in two distinct configurations, and it’s worth knowing which one you’re getting. The amateur-spec version bolts straight to the car’s original chassis mounting points with no bodywork changes required, making it the quicker route onto a stage car that still needs to function as a road car between events. The professional-spec version – which this Pro Rally kit is aimed at – assumes the body has already been modified to suit, unlocking travel and geometry adjustment that the standard mounting points can’t accommodate. That extra travel is what separates a fast-road coilover wearing a rally badge from a kit actually built to survive a stage. Construction favours strength and rebuildability over weight, in keeping with a part that’s expected to take repeated impact loading rather than sit at a fixed ride height on smooth tarmac.

Fitment for the Audi A3 8V Φ50 (Rr Multi-Link Suspension) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) (2012-2020)

Confirmed for the Audi A3 8V, chassis code AU12-3-C, across the 2012-2020 production run for cars specified with the multi-link rear axle and factory electronic damping. The Φ50 strut and included cancellation kit are matched to this exact configuration – check your A3’s rear suspension type and whether it carries Audi Magnetic Ride or Drive Select before ordering, as the torsion-beam A3 uses a different kit entirely.

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Built for the A3 8V’s factory electronic damping and multi-link rear axle, this Pro Rally kit is ready to spec for your stage car – configure yours below.