XYZ Racing Pro Rally Coilovers — Audi S1 SPORTBACK 8X (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2014-2018

The Audi S1 Sportback 8X is the only car in the A1 family Audi bothered to give a proper four-link rear end, because the Haldex quattro hardware needed more than the torsion beam the front-drive cars made do with. That short-wheelbase, all-paw layout is exactly what makes the S1 a credible gravel and snow weapon, and it is the platform the XYZ Racing Pro Rally coilover for the Audi S1 Sportback 8X is built to exploit on a stage rather than a B-road.

This is the variant supplied with the cancellation kit for electronic damping, so you can pull the factory adaptive struts and run a fully mechanical, rally-specced damper without the car’s control unit throwing a fault for the missing electronics. The 2014-2018 S1 keeps its dash clean and gains a suspension you can actually strip, service and re-valve between stages.

What this coilover does for your 2014-2018 Audi S1 Sportback 8X

On gravel and snow, the S1’s 231 PS quattro traction is only worth as much as the damper keeping the contact patch loaded over ruts and crests. This Pro Rally setup gives you the long, controlled travel and stage-specific damping the standard magnetic dampers cannot, so the front axle stays planted under power-on and the short wheelbase rotates predictably rather than snapping. Ride height comes down to a competition stance, and because the kit is fully adjustable you can set it for a smooth tarmac stage one weekend and a churned forest section the next. The result is a 2014-2018 S1 Sportback 8X that puts its drive down instead of skating across the surface.

About the Pro Rally coilover

XYZ Racing’s Pro Rally is a dedicated gravel and snow competition suspension rather than a fast-road kit asked to moonlight off-tarmac. It is offered in two installation philosophies. The first is an amateur-grade build that bolts straight to the original chassis with no bodywork changes, for crews running a near-standard shell. The second is a full professional setup intended to be fitted after the car body has been modified to accept it, freeing up the geometry and travel a serious stage car needs. Both share the rally-focused damping and ride-height range that define the series, so the choice is about how far you are taking the car, not about a drop in capability.

Fitment for the Audi S1 Sportback 8X (2014-2018)

This kit is specified for the Audi S1 Sportback 8X, chassis code AU43-C, across the 2014 to 2018 model years. It is the cancellation-kit version, supplied for cars originally fitted with electronic adaptive damping so the conversion does not leave a dashboard fault. Confirm your car carries the electronic damping option before ordering this variant.

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The amateur and professional builds use the same Pro Rally core, so match the spec to your shell and configure yours below.