XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Audi A3 SPORTBACK 8V φ55 (Rear Multi-Link Suspension) Modified Rear Integrated (CancellationKit for Electronic Damping) 2012-2020

Sealed-stage tarmac rally roads never offer the resurfaced consistency of a circuit. Patched sections, sudden crests and square-edge bumps arrive mid-corner with no warning, and the multi-link rear end fitted to the higher-output A3 8V Sportback needs a damper that can absorb that abuse without the car stepping out of line. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover for this Audi A3 Sportback (2012-2020) is built around a φ55 shock body specifically to soak up that kind of repeated, high-amplitude hit rather than the smoother inputs a track-day set-up is tuned for.

This fitment also carries the rear cancellation kit for electronic damping, which matters for Sportback variants that left the factory with adaptive rear damper control on the multi-link axle. Fitting the kit removes that factory electronics loop from the circuit so the mechanical coilover – not a software-managed damper – is what sets the car’s behaviour when you’re flat out on a stage.

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

The 55mm shock body gives the piston more surface area to work with, which is what lets this coilover shrug off big compressions and rebound cleanly afterwards instead of packing down over consecutive hits. On a rally stage that translates into the rear axle staying planted through braking bumps and crests where a standard damper would start to skip. The cancellation kit means the electronic damping hardware built into this A3 Sportback’s rear suspension is taken out of the loop entirely, so there’s no conflict between the car’s own control unit and the mechanical valving doing the work. Suppressing that shock body movement is also what keeps the tyre loaded and in contact with broken tarmac, which is where the traction and stability gains actually come from – not from spring rate alone.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

The Tarmac Rally line is XYZ Racing’s damper for sealed-stage rally work, where the surface is asphalt but nowhere near circuit-smooth. It’s built to absorb the impact of uneven pavement and soak up the jolt of hitting a big compression mid-stage, rather than transmitting that energy straight into the chassis. Controlling shock body movement this way is what keeps the tyre’s contact patch working rather than skating over the surface, which is where the stability comes from when a stage throws a crest or a patched repair at you without warning. The valving and spring settings on this coilover come directly from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally programme, tuned around the abuse that kind of driving puts through a suspension over a full stage rather than a single hot lap.

Fitment for the Audi A3 Sportback (2012-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi A3 Sportback 8V, chassis code AU12-8-C, across the 2012-2020 production run, specifically for cars with the rear multi-link suspension layout rather than the torsion-beam rear fitted to lower-output variants. Because it includes the rear cancellation kit, it’s the correct spec for Sportbacks originally equipped with electronically controlled rear damping. Confirm your car’s rear suspension type before ordering, as multi-link and torsion-beam A3 8Vs use different coilover kits.

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