XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi A3 SPORTBACK 8V Φ50 (Rear Twist- beam Suspension) (Cancellation Kit for ElectronicDamping) 2012-2020

The A3 Sportback 8V’s twist-beam rear axle is the simpler end of the MQB-era A3 range – a coupled torsion beam rather than the multi-link setup fitted to quattro and higher-output variants, which means ride and handling changes on this car live almost entirely in spring rate and damping rather than geometry. XYZ Racing’s Super Sport kit is built around that reality, with 36-way damping adjustment and independent ride height control so you can firm up body control for a track weekend on Saturday and back it off for the drive home on Sunday.

Because these later 8V cars left the factory with electronic adaptive damping, swapping in a manual coilover set-up on this fitment requires the cancellation kit bundled here, which stops the dash throwing suspension faults once the OE electronic dampers are gone. It is a fast-road and weekend-track kit first: enough range to sharpen a torsion-beam chassis that can otherwise feel soft under trail-braking, without tipping into a set-up that punishes the car on a daily commute.

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

On a twist-beam A3, rear wheel movement is coupled by design, so a soft spring rate lets the rear end float and roll under load in a way a multi-link chassis would resist through geometry instead. Dropping in the Super Sport kit tightens that up directly: firmer, adjustable spring rates control body roll through direction changes, while the 36-way damping lets you separate how the car reacts on compression from how it settles on rebound, so the rear axle stops pattering over broken B-road surfaces. Independent ride height adjustment drops the centre of gravity and corrects geometry the factory set for a taller ride height, sharpening turn-in on an A3 Sportback that can otherwise feel nose-light going into a corner. For drivers using the car for occasional track days, the extra damping range means you can wind in enough support for cornering loads at a circuit day, then back it off again for the drive home without living with a harsh daily ride.

About the Super Sport coilover

XYZ Racing developed the Super Sport line to solve the usual coilover trade-off, where a kit stiff enough for track use makes every rough road unbearable the rest of the week. The damper body carries 36 discrete adjustment positions, giving a wide enough spread to run close to factory compliance for the commute and noticeably firmer control for a trackday without changing parts. Ride height is independently adjustable, so stance and corner-weighting can be set without disturbing the damping curve you’ve already settled on. Construction is built around absorbing the harshness that comes from bumps and rough road surfaces, rather than simply adding stiffness, which is why XYZ position this kit for both weekend racing and daily use rather than as a dedicated track-only product. On the A3 8V’s twist-beam rear, that adjustability carries more weight than usual, because there is no multi-link geometry to fall back on for fine-tuning – the damper and spring rate are doing most of the work.

Fitment for the Audi A3 Sportback (2012-2020)

This kit is specified for A3 Sportback 8V models fitted with the Φ50 twist-beam rear suspension, covering the 2012 to 2020 model years. It includes the cancellation kit required on cars that left the factory with electronic adaptive damping, so the OE control module doesn’t flag a fault once the electronic dampers are removed. Confirm your car has the torsion-beam rear rather than the multi-link fitted to some higher-output and quattro A3 8V variants before ordering.

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Spec includes the electronic-damping cancellation kit for a clean install on 8V twist-beam cars – configure yours below.