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

The A3 Sportback 8V’s multi-link rear axle – fitted to the higher-spec and quattro cars where lesser trims make do with a torsion beam – gives this chassis genuine independent control at each rear corner. That matters on a sealed-stage tarmac rally, where the rear end has to follow broken camber and mid-corner crests without stepping out. XYZ Racing’s Tarmac Rally coilover is built around that platform difference, with damping settings drawn from XYZ’s own tarmac rally programme rather than a road-biased valve curve.

This spec is aimed at drivers running fast, technical tarmac stages rather than gravel: surfaces where the car needs to absorb sharp inputs from cracked or patched asphalt while staying planted enough to trail-brake into the next junction. It’s also the CancellationKit variant, built for A3 8V cars that left the factory with electronically controlled dampers.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2020 Audi A3 Sportback

Across broken tarmac – potholes, camber changes, mid-corner ridges – this damper is tuned to absorb the jolt rather than transmit it straight into the chassis, which keeps the tyre loaded and in contact with the road instead of skipping. On the multi-link rear of this A3 Sportback that translates into more consistent traction out of hairpins and less rear-end wander over broken surfaces, because each rear wheel is being controlled independently rather than through a shared beam. The CancellationKit portion of this build replaces the car’s electronic damper control, so the fixed-rate valving runs cleanly without the dash raising a suspension fault. Owners moving from a road-biased setup should feel less body roll transferring into the rear axle under hard direction changes, with the front end staying settled enough to keep braking into apex.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

XYZ’s Tarmac Rally line is built specifically for sealed-stage rally work rather than gravel or circuit use. The valving is set to soak up the impact of rough, uneven asphalt – the kind of surface tarmac rally stages throw up rather than a smooth track – so a hit across a pothole or ridge doesn’t unsettle the car mid-stage. Internally the damper is set up to control body movement through that impact rather than let it carry through to the chassis, which keeps the tyre’s contact patch working and the car stable through the corner that follows. XYZ carries those settings over directly from its own tarmac rally programme, rather than adapting a road or track spec after the fact, so the damping behaviour reflects stage use rather than a generic fast-road compromise.

Fitment for the Audi A3 Sportback (2012-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi A3 Sportback 8V, chassis code AU12-7-C, across the 2012-2020 production run, specifically for cars with the multi-link rear suspension layout. It’s the Modified Rr Integrated, CancellationKit variant, meaning it’s matched to A3 8V models that came from the factory with electronically controlled (DCC-type) dampers – confirm your car’s original damper type before ordering.

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Stage-specific damping and the electronic damper cancellation kit are both baked into this spec – configure yours below to match your A3 Sportback’s exact build.