Gonna have a crack at fitting my eibach lowering springs to my vrs,is this a fairly straight forward job or a bit of a pain ..??

Cheers

the rears are a piece of cake.

jack up the car, undo the bolt holding the lower arm/spring holder and let it drop until the spring isnt under tension and simply dropps out. Replace with new spring

 

The fronts need the hub to be removed off the bottom of the shock. Much more hassle, need a ramp idealy. Took my mate about 45m-1hr per side on the front at his garage. Both rears were done in 20m-30m max

Ta mate,doin mine on a gravely drive and got a cv boot to do also :(

so you need to remove the hub anyway lol

 

On a gravel drive.....sounds like a mission. Even in a garage we had to get the hammer out. I'd suggest getting the fronts done first as the rears are simple

Yep will do ta:)

here is a good guide for a golf mk6 which is similar to the skoda octavia and useful to check you have all the tools to complete the job

 

http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37480

Edited 6 July, 201312 yr by wiilydog

Thanks pal,just had a read

Dont forget you will need spring compressors for the fronts,saw your car the other day at the tesco's,i went in for some stuff & as i left i walked towards your car thinking it was mine! lol,i was parked near the pharmacist! thankfully nobody saw me as i turned around & went the other way! 

Got compressors ta Mikey,my mrs works at tesco you will see it there a lot...thought my blue grill would have made you realise or the plate lol

Only saw the side of it as i walked out of the shop half asleep.   i cant do tommorow otherwise id of offered to give you a hand. 

Ta mate,a hand would have been nice lol,have been putting this job off for 3 months:(

Thanks pal,just had a read

it does look very similar to the octavia so should certainly help

 

Good luck chap

Cheers Ryan

You should be ok,as said rears are easy,fronts ok,you will need to remove the wipers & scuttle trim to get to the top mount bolts,you may find the anti roll bar link nuts are a bit rusty to remove,cv boot easy enough,just make sure you have a socket to remove the hub nut. 

What size is the nut Mikey??

Oh & good luck working in this heat.......the heat today has killed me.........

Prefer the heat to being cold

What size is the nut Mikey??

Not 100% sure,its not a normal nut,its actually a 6 or 12 sided hexagon headed bolt,weird looking thing. A normal non impact type socket may fit

Oooh hope it aint over 30mm or i am goosed lol

Nah its not that big,you will see when you get the wheel off. 

What size is the nut Mikey??

either depend which type of bolts you have

 

Axle bolt: 27mm hex head: 200NM+180 degrees

Axle bolt: 24mm triple square: 70NM+90 degrees

Thats ok mate cheers should have that covered

Well got it all sorted, bit of a ball ache but its at least done now