XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Audi A3 SPORTBACK 8V φ50 (Rear Multi-Link Suspension) Modified Rear Integrated (CancellationKit for Electronic Damping) 2012-2020

The 8V Sportback’s multi-link rear axle was engineered around Audi’s factory electronic dampers, which is exactly the setup this kit is built to replace. Fit the Street Advanced and you’re not just swapping springs and struts – you’re taking the rear axle’s damping control back from a factory ECU and putting it in your hands, with a cancellation kit specifically so removing the electronic units doesn’t throw fault codes or leave the car in a limp-mode compromise.

XYZ Racing built the Street Advanced for exactly this brief: fast road use with a genuine track day capability, not a one-or-the-other compromise. On a chassis that already carries its weight low and wide across that φ50-diameter strut body, the goal here is control you can adjust as your use of the car changes, not a fixed setup you’re stuck with.

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

With 720 damping settings on tap, you can move the front-to-rear balance from a settled, comfortable motorway ride to a firmer, flatter setup for a track day without needing a second set of coilovers. That range matters more on this chassis than most – the multi-link rear geometry moves through its arc differently once you’ve deleted the factory electronic dampers, and having enough adjustment steps either side of centre means you can actually correct for it rather than guess. Ride height is adjustable independently of spring preload, so you can drop the Sportback’s stance without stacking preload on top of it and hurting compliance. Because the cancellation kit handles the electronics side, you get the mechanical adjustability without chasing warning lights on the dash. The result on-road is a car that turns in with noticeably less body movement through the rear, and on-track a platform that stays composed under trail-braking into slower corners.

About the Street Advanced coilover

XYZ Racing developed the Street Advanced over several seasons, refining it through use in international racing before settling on the current spec, and that background shows up as the range’s most popular option for a reason: it’s built to cover normal road driving and occasional track days from the same kit, rather than asking the owner to choose one or the other. The headline figure is 720 ways of damping adjustment, giving a genuinely fine-grained window between comfort and control instead of a handful of coarse clicks. Construction follows XYZ’s coilover format of a full strut-and-spring assembly per corner, matched here to the A3 Sportback 8V’s φ50 strut diameter and multi-link rear layout, with the electronic-damper cancellation kit bundled specifically for cars built with Audi’s factory adaptive suspension. It’s aimed at drivers who want to push on – whether that’s a spirited backroad or a booked track slot – without living with a harsh daily ride the rest of the week.

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

This kit is built for the Audi A3 SPORTBACK 8V generation, 2012 to 2020, specifically the φ50 strut-diameter variant with the multi-link rear suspension layout. It’s the version specified for cars originally fitted with Audi’s electronic damping system, since it’s supplied with the cancellation kit needed to remove those units cleanly. Confirm your car carries the multi-link rear (rather than the torsion-beam setup fitted to lower-powered variants) before ordering.

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