Octavia_Jezz

Ive finally added the uprated front springs to match my rears and yesterday fitted 17” alloys with slightly taller tyres, going to 225/50/17 (standard is 225/45/17) the result hopefully can be clearly seen in my photo. i paid for the front springs, top mounts and new longer bumpstops to be fitted, as the car was already in for a new turbo. the result of this raised setup is a much more compliant car to drive, potholes are no longer the crashing experience. I reused the existing front struts after the first set were the incorrect size so were sent back. The taller aspect ratio was too help fill out the arches, 55 was a set to far and looked like it would have fowled the front arches. if people are interested i can measure the new arch gaps and ride height as well as list the part’s installed (parts now added, autodoc part numbers, in the 2nd list the shocks absorber was the wrong size and was 50mm not 55mm as needed)

Carlston, many thanks for your reply I really appreciate your help abd advice. Cheers Jezza

Hi Carlston, Iam now trying to figure which front springs to fit to raise the front to achieve the intended raised 'allroad' look. Do you have any suggestions available from Autodoc? so far ive been trying to figure out if 4x4 scout front springs will fit 2wd struts.. such as: https://m.autodoc.co.uk/kyb/834293 or https://m.autodoc.co.uk/kyb/7909084 I cannot locate suitable raised struts so have plumbed for good quality standard ones: https://m.autodoc.co.uk/bilstein/633355 So i now find myself going in circles (please refer to my post re fitting stiffer rear springs earlier today for full description of what im trying to achieve: Hi ive just fitted taller springs and shocks to my 2010 mkii, i wrote it up on mkiii thread.. Thanks in advance for your advice and knowledge. Thanks Jezza

Hi ive just fitted taller springs and shocks to my 2010 mkii, i wrote it up on mkiii thread..

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Hi Ive read through all of the above and used the information to purchase heavy duty rear springs and shocks in a planned effort to raise and strengthen the back suspension. I find that my Mk2 Octavia (2010, 2.0ltr TDI estate) rests on its bump stops with family gear( pram and 2 small suitcases) before ive got into the back to sit next to toddler. A recent trip to wales forest holiday proved almost impossible to not to bottom out and scrap with just two adults and baby on board.. I wanted to see if was possible to create a skoda version of Audis 'all road'.. my car is only FWD but its ground clearance that needs attention. So i purchased from Autodoc the following items:. longer stiffer springs and longer gas shocks, plus nee bump stops to replace the existing detroyed ones. skoda octavia mkii springs for caravan and towing http://www.autodoc.co.uk/EIBACH/12832038 Trw gas shocks https://www.autodoc.co.uk/trw/2198593 HD bumpstops https://m.autodoc.co.uk/maxgear/10168224 it all came to £151 delivered and arrived within a week. I usually use GSF /Eurocarparts etc, but they were more pricy and i had to just have the generic standard versions what they had. I am not a mechanic and used to do diy car stuff in my 20s, 30 years ago.. still i watched 4 youtube videos and found it straight forward to first remove the suspension arm at the hub end.. the shock just drops out.. no need for the usual compression tool.. then undid the lower shock mount (with the spring out of the way much easier to access) then just the two 16mm upper mounting bolts. All the bolts are galvanised (or similarly coated) so no rusted fixings to deal with. all in all it took about 3 hours to do..working methodically. The car is transformed.. sits much higher at the back (the front was always a bit high, compared to the back) I expect it to settle down with use, and i will need to adjust the headlight aim, especially until i raise the front up with new springs, next on the list) My plan then is to fit taller, higher aspect tyres, the current 225/40/18, could goto 45 with a chunkier tread to help the all road looks and fill the arches slightly more. it rides well too, none of the pitching on hard acceleration as before.