XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi A3 8V Φ55 (Rear Multi-Link Suspension) Modified Rear Integrated (Cancellation Kit forElectronic Damping) 2012-2020

The Audi A3 8V’s multi-link rear axle only turns up on the higher-output, heavier-spec cars in the range, and it behaves nothing like the torsion-beam A3s that make up most of the fitment lists you’ll find online. Independent rear control arms move under load in a way a beam axle simply can’t, which is exactly why this Super Sport kit runs a 55mm shock body rather than the smaller-diameter unit fitted to lighter A3 variants.

Because this fitment covers A3 8Vs originally specified with Audi’s electronic/adaptive damping, the kit includes a cancellation module so the dash doesn’t throw a damper-fault warning once the factory electronic dampers are removed. That’s a detail specific to this exact trim line, not a generic coilover afterthought.

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

Swapping out the factory electronic dampers removes the variability that comes with adaptive damping wearing unevenly across four corners, replacing it with 36-way manual adjustment you set once and trust. Ride height is independently adjustable front and rear, so you can correct the nose-down stance the multi-link A3 picks up once the factory air-in-oil dampers start to sag, and get the car sitting level again before you touch camber. The monotube construction behind that 55mm body copes with the extra unsprung mass this rear axle carries better than a twin-tube design would, keeping damping force consistent as oil temperature climbs on a track day. Because the cancellation kit is built in, none of this comes at the cost of warning lights or a limp electronic suspension mode nagging at you from the instrument cluster.

About the Super Sport coilover

XYZ Racing built the Super Sport line to solve the specific complaint that comes with lowering an A3 on the wrong kit: harshness over broken tarmac that makes the car tiring to live with. The damper is tuned to take the edge off bumps and rough surfaces without going soft, and the 36-way adjustment range lets you shift the compression and rebound balance to suit whatever road or circuit you’re on that weekend, rather than living with a single fixed setting. Ride height adjustment is built into the same assembly, so lowering the car and dialling in damping aren’t two separate compromises. XYZ pitches this as a dual-use damper – sharp enough for a weekend track session, compliant enough to drive to work on Monday – and the electronic-damping cancellation hardware on this particular A3 8V fitment is what makes that swap possible on a car that left the factory with adaptive suspension.

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

This kit is built for the Audi A3 8V, chassis code AU12-6-C, across the 2012 to 2020 production run – specifically the multi-link rear suspension variant with the 55mm shock body, not the torsion-beam cars. It’s the correct spec for A3 8Vs that came from the factory with electronic/adaptive damping, since the bundled cancellation kit is what stops the dash flagging a fault once the original dampers are removed.

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