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

The 8V A3’s multi-link rear axle only shows up on quattro-equipped cars, and it changes how the back of the car behaves over a broken stage compared with the torsion-beam set-ups fitted to the front-drive versions: the rear can move independently over ruts and camber changes instead of twisting as one unit. That’s exactly the kind of surface a tarmac rally stage throws at a car, and it’s the scenario XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally coilover is built to answer.

This isn’t a track-day spring-and-damper combo dressed up for rally use. It’s specced for sealed-stage tarmac work on an Audi A3 8V – surfaces with mid-corner compressions, patched repairs and kerb strikes rather than a smooth circuit surface, where the multi-link rear needs to keep both tyres loaded through the transition rather than skipping across it.

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

Fitted to a 2012-2020 A3 with the multi-link rear, this coilover is set up to control body movement through the kind of hard, unpredictable inputs a tarmac stage generates rather than the smooth, repeatable loads of a circuit. The damper works to keep the tyre in contact with the road surface as it crosses a pothole or a repaired seam, instead of letting the wheel skip and the car step sideways. On the multi-link rear specifically, that means the two wheels can react to a bump independently without unsettling the car’s line mid-corner. The net effect on the road is a car that holds its intended direction through a compression rather than needing a correction afterwards.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally coilover is built to deal with uneven, damaged tarmac rather than a clean track surface – the kind of stage where a pothole or a broken repair patch arrives with no warning. The damper is tuned to absorb that kind of impact without transmitting the full jolt into the chassis, which keeps the body settled and stops the tyre unloading over the bump. That control is what lets the tyre keep generating traction through the moment it would otherwise be skipping across the surface, which is where the car’s actual grip and stability come from on a stage. The valving in this range comes directly from XYZ’s own tarmac rally programme rather than being adapted from a circuit product, so the settings reflect what a car actually needs when the road surface itself is the variable, not just the corner.

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

This kit is built for the Audi A3 8V generation, 2012 to 2020, specifically the multi-link rear-suspension cars – the quattro-equipped versions rather than the torsion-beam front-drive range. The Φ50 damper body is sized for this chassis; confirm your car has the multi-link rear before ordering, as the front-drive torsion-beam A3 8V needs a different rear kit.

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Spec your Tarmac Rally kit for the A3 8V’s multi-link rear below and build yours to match your stage.