XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Audi S3 SEDAN 8V φ55 (Modified Rear Integrated) 2013-2020

The 8V S3 Sedan carries its weight over the front axle, and the standard rear set-up on this φ55 modified-rear-integrated chassis leaves a wide comfort-to-control gap once you start pushing the quattro system through faster B-roads or a track day. The Super Sport coilover closes that gap without turning the car into something you can’t live with Monday to Friday.

This is XYZ Racing’s fast-road-and-weekend-track spec, built for owners who want one set-up that handles a commute and a track day without swapping parts in between. It replaces the factory strut and rear integration with a monotube damper matched to this platform’s specific rear geometry.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2020 Audi S3 Sedan

Ride height adjustment lets you correct the nose-heavy stance the 8V picks up once you’re running a lowered ride, restoring the geometry the quattro drivetrain needs to put power down cleanly out of a corner. The 36-way damping adjustment is the bigger win on this chassis: with 300+bhp on tap and a nose that wants to push wide under trail braking, you can stiffen compression for track sessions and back it off for the commute without re-setting the car every time you change use. Because the damper is matched to this S3’s rear-integrated φ55 mounting rather than a generic strut, the rear axle stays settled under load transfer instead of skipping over mid-corner bumps – which matters on a car that already has to manage all-wheel-drive weight shift front to rear. Owners running this on B-roads report the front end staying planted through direction changes that would have the standard suspension diving and understeering.

About the Super Sport coilover

XYZ Racing built the Super Sport around a monotube damper with 36 discrete damping stages, giving a far finer window of adjustment than the stepped clicks on cheaper coilover kits. The ride height adjustment is independent of the damping circuit, so you can drop the car or raise it back up without disturbing whatever compression and rebound setting you’ve already dialled in. The construction is aimed squarely at cars that see daily traffic as well as the odd trackday or fast road blast – XYZ’s own line on it is that it’s suitable for both weekend competitive use and everyday driving, which is the brief this platform’s 8V S3 owners typically want. It’s a step below XYZ’s full Circuit Master line in outright stiffness range but built on the same monotube architecture, and for a car that still needs to be usable on a cold, wet UK commute, that’s the right trade-off rather than a compromise.

Fitment for the Audi S3 Sedan (2013-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi S3 Sedan 8V chassis code AU54, covering the 2013 to 2020 model years, specifically the φ55 rear damper diameter with the modified rear-integrated mounting configuration. Confirm your S3 Sedan matches this rear integration spec before ordering, as the 8V range was sold with more than one rear damper arrangement across its production run.

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Pick your ride height and damping range for your 8V S3 Sedan and configure yours below.