Does any one know what after market shock absorbers are available for a octavia se mk3 estate 2.0 diesel. I have looked and can't find anything, I was thinking bilsten b4, however I can only see it for the vrs.

I was thinking this may help with the ride quality. Has anyone done this mod.

I fitted shock absorbers from a Mk7 Golf. They are a direct fit, 3 bolts and are much more compliant than standard.

So Paulius55, what's the part number and was yours an estate or not ?

I have an estate and the part number is 5Q0 513 049 CQ. These come from a MK7 Golf TDi 1.6. The less powerful Golfs have torsion beam suspension, as does the standard Octavia. I got mine from eBay for £40 from a low-mileage Golf. There is a full thread on this from some time back, to which you contributed I notice...

 

 

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/318282-octavia-20tdi-firm-hard-suspension/page-5?hl=firm+suspension#entry4446742

Thanks for the responce, im on the brink of cutting my losses and getting rid. I went out with a skoda tech and to be fair there was nothing untoward, 5 minuts later an a seeming flat surface the noise was horrific. I also think the bearings are making noise another problem. I am going to look into the shocks maybe one last through of the dice.