Has anyone looked in to suspension mods to lift a Superb mk2 4x4 estate to improve ground clearance? 

Are parts from the VAG bins likely to cross over to give something between a Scout or Kodiak? 

There are several threads about this but none with much information. There's the rough road suspension kit. It probably consists of different springs, shocks and possibly a different front sway bar. Because how the internet works, you may ask and not receive an answer, but by posting wrong information someone will be much quicker to come to correct you. Would be nice if someone knowledgeable happened to come and shed some light on this topic.

There's also the Superb Outdoor (Superb equivalent of the Octavia Scout, just much rarer), but it may not even have a suspension package that's not available on the regular Superb. It might've just been an appearance option that few opted for. On top of that there's the Skoda Emergency Service Vehicle kit. That should even come with upgraded brakes, at least on some vehicles.

 

Often people don't realize that the Superb has issues where other vehicles don't that have the same ground clearance because of the long wheelbase.

 

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This is a picture from an Indian Superb review video off of YouTube. The cars there should come standard with the rough road package. Look at the space in those wheel wells. Does your car seem to have as much? It seems to have 16" wheels.

Picture source: https://youtu.be/1zeaIfr_3p8

 

Edited 18 March, 20188 yr by TLV

Maybe contact Eibach or a UK supplier and see what they can offer you.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/377773-eibach-blue-light-suspension-kit-skoda-emergency-service-vehicles 

 

 

Edited 18 March, 20188 yr by AwaoffSki

Not posted much here before but did you find a answer ? 

My O/H is looking to do the same on a mk2 4x4 superb ,

we found someone that does custom suspension to do the work but is asking for spring length and diameter  to then make some springs up. I've not got a vernier caliper  to get Dia of spring yet to do.  looking for 1.5 inches of lift. 

There are two different rough road specifications for some reason. One offers a 10 mm lift over standard, the other offers 20 mm.

 

One thing to check if you're having clearance issues is whether the springs/dampers on the car are worn and sagging. Worn dampers can lose you 10 mm of ride height quite easily.

 

The following tables show the PR codes for the different suspension packages available from the factory. Stationary height is the ride height specification: measure from the centre of the wheel to the top of the wheelarch. These values are for pre-facelift models but I doubt there was much change for the facelift.

 

3 minutes ago, chimaera said:

There are two different rough road specifications for some reason. One offers a 10 mm lift over standard, the other offers 20 mm.

 

One thing to check if you're having clearance issues is whether the springs/dampers on the car are worn and sagging. Worn dampers can lose you 10 mm of ride height quite easily.

 

The following tables show the PR codes for the different suspension packages available from the factory. Stationary height is the ride height specification: measure from the centre of the wheel to the top of the wheelarch. These values are for pre-facelift models but I doubt there was much change for the facelift.

 

 

very handy chart, ho do you ID wether its a sport chassis or basic?

50 minutes ago, greasedmonkey said:

ho do you ID wether its a sport chassis or basic?

 

Based on your VIN (at least regarding what the car had fitted after exiting the factory)

2 hours ago, greasedmonkey said:

 

very handy chart, ho do you ID wether its a sport chassis or basic?

Check if any of the PR codes in that table are on the build label in the boot (there's also a copy on the inside of the service book).

Hi there. I was long reading and thinking what could be done, saw some people use strud spacers but here in Sweden they are not so common to come up to but I come up whit really cheap solution to lift it up by couple centimetres I use ruber spacers in the springs. They are really cheap and just takes couple minutes to install. So long I just did it on the back of the car as try out. Hope it helps someone. Sorry for my poor English

On 02/09/2020 at 12:37, Unknown94 said:

Hi there. I was long reading and thinking what could be done, saw some people use strud spacers but here in Sweden they are not so common to come up to but I come up whit really cheap solution to lift it up by couple centimetres I use ruber spacers in the springs. They are really cheap and just takes couple minutes to install. So long I just did it on the back of the car as try out. Hope it helps someone. Sorry for my poor English

 

 

 

It looks like your car is now much too high at the back, and too low at the front. Rubber spacers in the springs will prevent the spring from moving properly too.

On 03/09/2020 at 18:44, chimaera said:

It looks like your car is now much too high at the back, and too low at the front. Rubber spacers in the springs will prevent the spring from moving properly too.

Hi, I installed front ones too the next day, and and now it's close to two weeks how I'm having it and although it's cheap, fast and simple solution it didn't got that much higher than before, and ride got quite much stiffer. So I'm gonna keep it for this winter and then gonna try strud spacers. Don't really know any other solutions. Tried to look after higher suspension but can't really seem to get a hold of it. I'm adding some pictures how it looks right now after rubber set of.