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

The MQB-platform A3 Sportback 8V arrived with a multi-link rear axle in place of the old torsion-beam set-up, and on cars specified with Audi’s factory adaptive damping this Super Sport kit replaces that electronic control with a fixed, mechanically adjustable damper via the included cancellation kit. For a Φ55-strut A3 that still has to cover daily miles as well as the odd trackday, that swap matters: no conflict with the factory damping ECU, no warning lights on the dash, just a damper you set with your own hands.

XYZ Racing pitches the Super Sport at exactly this use case – fast-road driving and weekend track sessions rather than outright competition – built around a wide damping range plus independent ride height control, so the same kit can be softened for a Monday commute and firmed up for a Sunday sprint.

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

The 36-way damping adjustment lets you set compression and rebound to suit the multi-link rear geometry on the 8V, tightening body control through direction changes without turning the car harsh over the broken tarmac that comes with UK B-roads. Independent ride height adjustment drops the centre of gravity and cleans up the front-heavy stance typical of the MQB platform, sharpening turn-in on an A3 that’s carrying its engine ahead of the front axle. Because the kit routes around the factory electronic damping loom rather than trying to talk to it, the Super Sport behaves consistently whether the car left the factory with passive or adaptive dampers. That consistency is the point for an A3 Sportback doing double duty – commuting through the week, on circuit or a fast road at the weekend.

About the Super Sport coilover

XYZ Racing’s Super Sport damper is built to take the harshness out of rough roads while giving the driver a genuinely wide adjustment window. A single damper body carries 36 distinct adjustment steps, so damping force is tuned independently of the threaded ride height collar rather than being locked to it. The range runs from a compliant road setting through to a noticeably firmer track state, which is why XYZ Racing markets this line as suitable for both weekend competition and everyday use rather than one or the other. On the 8V A3, that means matching stroke length and spring rate to the multi-link rear and MQB front subframe, with the mechanical damper wired around the factory electronic-damping control via the cancellation kit rather than needing to override it in software.

Fitment for the Audi A3 Sportback (2012-2020)

This kit is specified for the Audi A3 Sportback 8V, chassis code AU12-2-C, across the 2012 to 2020 production run, fitted to the Φ55 rear multi-link suspension layout. It includes the cancellation kit needed on cars that left the factory with electronic damping control, so both the DCC-equipped and standard passive-damped versions of the 8V are covered by this listing.

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