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

The 8V A3’s independent rear multi-link axle changes character completely once you’re running the wider, stiffer rubber a tarmac stage demands – the standard dampers were never tuned to control that axle when the road surface turns to broken, cambered farm tarmac mid-stage. Tarmac Rally coilovers are built specifically to keep the rear planted through repeated compression cycles that a fast-road or track set-up simply isn’t asked to survive.

This is a stage car’s damper, not a road-trip comfort upgrade. The 50mm body and rear multi-link-specific geometry on this kit are set up for cars running the Modified Rr Integrated configuration, where the rear subframe and damper mounts have already moved away from stock.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3

Fitted to an 8V A3 built between 2012 and 2020, the benefit is control under repeated big hits, not outright stiffness. XYZ Racing’s tarmac-rally valving is set to absorb the jolt of a heavy compression – a crest, a pothole disguised by shadow, a mid-corner ripple – without the shock transmitting straight into the body and unsettling the car’s line. That matters most through the rear multi-link axle, where an under-damped hit shows up as the back end stepping wide rather than following the front. The result on the 8V is a car that keeps its tyres loaded and its traction consistent from one hit to the next, rather than a chassis that’s recovering from the last bump when it meets the following one. Stability through that cycle is what lets you carry the same line and the same throttle position into the next section, stage after stage.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally line is valved around one job: absorbing repeated, sometimes severe impacts from broken and uneven road surfaces without the chassis losing composure. The damper is tuned to soak up the shock of a big hit rather than passing it through to the body, which keeps the tyre loaded and gripping instead of skipping. That control is what XYZ Racing describes as giving the driver a stable, predictable feel through the car – the platform doesn’t wander or unsettle mid-corner even as the surface degrades underneath it. The settings built into this kit come directly from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally programme, carried over from stage-car development rather than derived from a road-going baseline. It’s a damper built around durability under repeated hard cycles as much as outright control, which is the specific demand a rally stage places on a suspension set-up that a circuit or a fast road never will.

Fitment for the Audi A3 (2012-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi A3 8V, chassis code AU12-5, covering the 2012 to 2020 production run with the rear multi-link suspension layout. It’s specified for the Modified Rr Integrated configuration, so confirm your car’s rear subframe and mounting points match this integration before ordering.

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Stage-proven valving for the 8V’s rear multi-link axle, matched to your car’s exact configuration – configure yours below.