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

The A3 8V’s multi-link rear axle is the part of the platform most owners never touch, even after fitting a front coilover kit up front – leaving the rear geometry running on tired factory rubber long after the springs up front have been sorted. XYZ Racing’s Street Advanced kit for the 8V addresses both ends together, with a rear-integrated design built specifically around this Φ50-strut, multi-link rear layout rather than a generic strut swap.

Street Advanced sits between comfort-biased and full track kits: it’s built for enthusiasts who drive the A3 daily and want a proper track day a few times a year without living with a harsh commute in between. That’s the brief this kit is tuned to.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3

Fit one of these and the A3 8V stops wallowing on its rear axle under trail-braking and direction changes – the multi-link geometry stays better controlled because the rear damper is now matched to the front rather than compensating for it. The 720-way damping adjustment means you can run the car soft for the motorway commute and firm it up before a track session without swapping parts, which matters on an 8V that’s likely doing both in the same week. Ride height is adjustable independently of spring preload, so you can drop the car to clean up the wheel arch gap without crushing the spring travel you need for B-road compressions. Owners running this on the A3 report noticeably reduced body roll turning into roundabouts and tighter corners, with the front end staying planted rather than pushing wide.

About the Street Advanced coilover

Street Advanced is XYZ’s highest-volume coilover line, refined over several seasons of development and proven across international racing before being tuned back for road use. For the A3, that means a kit built to handle repeated abuse without needing constant attention, but calibrated so the ride stays usable on UK roads rather than punishing. The signature feature is 720 discrete damping positions, giving a genuinely fine-grained adjustment range rather than the handful of clicks found on cheaper twin-tube kits – useful on the 8V specifically because the multi-link rear and strut front need to be balanced against each other, not just stiffened uniformly. XYZ positions this as the kit for drivers who want real speed and control from their car without stepping up to a stripped-out track-only setup, and the spec reflects that: broad adjustability aimed at road use first, track capability second.

Fitment for the Audi A3 (2012-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi A3 8V, chassis code AU12-5, covering model years 2012 to 2020, and is specifically engineered around the Φ50 rear strut diameter with the multi-link rear suspension layout – the rear-integrated ("Modified Rr Integrated") configuration for this exact rear axle type. Confirm your A3’s rear suspension type matches this Φ50 multi-link spec before ordering, as the 8V ran more than one rear configuration across its production run.

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