XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Audi A3 8V Φ50 (Rear Multi-Link Suspension) Modified Rear Integrated (Cancellation Kit forElectronic Damping) 2012-2020

The A3 8V’s rear multi-link axle gives this hatch more suspension geometry to work with than the torsion-beam cars further down the range, and that layout is exactly what this Street Advanced kit is set up to exploit. Because this fitment carries Audi’s factory electronic damping, the kit includes the cancellation loop needed to take the rear axle off the OEM control module and run it in fully manual mode.

Street Advanced is XYZ Racing’s crossover spec: firm enough to hold its composure on a track day, calm enough to still do the daily commute. Fitted to a 2012-2020 Audi A3 8V, it drops ride height evenly across that multi-link rear and hands you a genuine adjustment window either side of the factory settings, rather than the handful of electronic modes Audi originally offered.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3 8V

With the electronic damper control cancelled, the 720-way adjuster takes over completely, so the rear multi-link axle responds to a rate you’ve chosen rather than whatever comfort or dynamic map Audi built for a mixed European fleet. Lowering the A3 8V evenly front and rear pulls the centre of gravity down and tightens body control through direction changes, which matters more on this chassis than on the torsion-beam cars because the multi-link rear can properly use the extra camber and toe stability under load. Braking stability improves too, since less dive under trail-braking keeps more of the front tyre’s contact patch working into the corner. Because 720 positions still cover genuinely soft settings, none of this has to cost you a usable ride on a car most owners are still driving outside trackday weekends.

About the Street Advanced coilover

Street Advanced is the model XYZ Racing sells in the highest volume, developed over several seasons and, per the brand, proven in international racing before being brought down to a street-legal specification. Its core feature is a 720-position damping adjuster, offering far finer resolution than the two or three-stage electronic systems fitted at the factory, so you can move between a setting soft enough for a broken B-road and one firm enough to keep the car flat on circuit, without changing parts. It shares the monotube-style construction XYZ Racing uses across its range, built for drivers who want a car capable on a trackday and still driven home afterwards. This particular listing is the Cancellation Kit variant, built for A3 8V cars that left the factory with electronic damping fitted, replacing that control loop rather than running alongside it.

Fitment for the Audi A3 8V (2012-2020)

This kit is specified for the Audi A3 8V built between 2012 and 2020, listed under XYZ Racing’s fitment code AU12-5-C, for the rear multi-link suspension layout rather than the torsion-beam set-up used on lower-spec models in the range. As the Cancellation Kit variant, it’s specifically for A3 8V cars that left the factory with electronic damping fitted – check your car’s original specification before ordering to confirm this applies to yours.

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The Cancellation Kit variant bundles everything needed to run this Street Advanced set-up on an electronically-damped A3 8V, so there’s no separate part to source – build yours below.