XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi A3 8V Φ55 (Rear Multi-Link Suspension) 2012-2020

The 8V A3’s rear multi-link axle – reserved for the quattro and higher-output petrol variants rather than the torsion-beam set-up fitted to lower-spec front-drive cars – gives each rear wheel its own vertical travel path, independent of its opposite number. That’s a genuine handling asset on a hatchback this size, but only if the dampers controlling it are up to the job. The factory units are tuned for comfort first, which leaves body control loose exactly when a multi-link rear should be earning its keep.

The XYZ Racing Super Sport coilover kit for this Audi A3 8V, built around a 55mm strut body, is aimed at fast-road driving with regular weekend track use in mind – not a full race car, but a car that needs to behave properly when the pace picks up and still be liveable on the drive home.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3 8V Φ55 (Rr Multi-Link Suspension)

Independent ride height adjustment on all four corners lets you correct the A3’s nose-down stance and get the car level, or drop it further for a lower centre of gravity without running out of usable suspension travel. The 36-way damping adjustment covers a wide enough range that you can run the car soft for a motorway commute and firm it up before a trackday without swapping parts – useful given how differently the 8V rides on 18-inch wheels versus the smaller sizes many cars left the factory on. Firmer, better-controlled damping also gets more out of that multi-link rear axle: less unwanted camber change under load, less of the rear stepping out of line on a bumpy corner exit. Ride height and damping work together here rather than fighting each other, so lowering the car doesn’t leave you with harsh, under-damped compliance over broken tarmac.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s fast-road and weekend-track damper, built to take the harshness out of poor UK road surfaces without giving up the body control a modified A3 needs when driven hard. Ride height is independently adjustable at each corner, so you can set the stance first and then work on damping without the two settings undoing each other. The headline figure is 36 ways of damping adjustment, spanning a genuinely useful range from a settled daily-driving setting through to a firmer track configuration, rather than cramming most of the range into a narrow, largely unusable band. XYZ positions this kit for drivers who want one set of dampers covering both daily commuting and weekend circuit sessions, rather than running separate road and track cars.

Fitment for the Audi A3 8V Φ55 (Rr Multi-Link Suspension) (2012-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi A3 8V generation, model years 2012 to 2020, specifically the variants running the rear multi-link suspension layout with a 55mm strut body (chassis reference AU12-4). Confirm your car uses the multi-link rear axle rather than the torsion-beam set-up fitted to other A3 8V variants before ordering, since the two require different rear kits.

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