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

The S3 Sportback 8V puts a quattro driveline and a turbocharged EA888 four low over the front axle, so even with drive sent rearward, load transfer under trail-braking and into a fast corner stays a nose-heavy affair. This particular fitment carries a modified rear end with an integrated 55 mm strut body, which changes how the multi-link rear geometry reacts to that load compared with the standard-diameter setup – and it’s specifically what this kit is built around.

XYZ Racing’s Super Sport coilovers are pitched at that split brief: enough control to keep the S3’s front end settled on a fast-road b-road or a weekend track session, without turning the car into something you dread driving home in. For an Audi S3 Sportback used both ways, that’s the point of the spec.

What this coilover kit does for your 2013-2020 Audi S3 Sportback 8V

Ride height is adjustable front and rear, so you can drop the car’s centre of gravity and correct the factory rake without touching spring rate – useful on a quattro chassis where front-end squat under power already fights you. The 36-way damping adjustment lets you separate the settings you’d want for smoothing out rough B-road tarmac from the firmer, flatter response you want when the S3’s weight is shifting hard into a corner on track. Because the adjustment range spans both ends of that spectrum, the same kit can sit softer for a motorway commute and be wound up before a track day without swapping parts. For a car that’s carrying quattro hardware and EA888 weight up front, that adjustability matters more than outright stiffness.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport damper is built to take the harshness out of bumps and broken road surfaces that a stiffer track-only setup would transmit straight into the cabin. Ride height adjustment is built into the design, so the car’s stance and geometry can be set independently of spring preload. The 36-way damping adjustment gives a wide enough spread to move between a comfortable daily setting and a firmer one for weekend circuit use, rather than forcing a single compromise setting. XYZ Racing positions this range for exactly that dual life – a coilover that can be lived with day to day and still stood up for a track session without feeling out of its depth.

Fitment for the Audi S3 Sportback 8V φ55 (Modified Rr Integrated) (2013-2020)

This kit is built for the Audi S3 Sportback 8V, chassis code AU52, across the 2013-2020 production run, specifically for the modified rear end fitted with the integrated 55 mm strut body. Confirm your car matches this rear-end spec before ordering, since the 8V range was produced with more than one rear strut configuration across these years.

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Set the ride height and damping to suit how you’ll actually use the car this weekend – configure yours below.