Hello ! I have Octavia 2 facelift 1.9  2009 with normal suspension.I want to lift the car with springs from rough road .My question is spring from scout pre facelift will fit on my skoda .

take a look at Lesjophors catalogue  better than stock

I found cheap springs from scout 2 pre face ,but i dont know will they fit

On 25/01/2019 at 04:05, shinevfx said:

I found cheap springs from scout 2 pre face ,but i dont know will they fit

yes they will

 

Please be aware that, in altering the ride height of your car, you will also be altering the length the dampers are when you are driving. I've heard various stories about the ride quality and effectiveness of the dampers being reduced if they are operated outside of their optimal length area. These stories were from people who lowered their cars, found the results were worse than they expected and had subsequent handling issues. Can you check the part number for the dampers on the Scout? Are they the same as the dampers fitted to your car? If they're not, you may need to change the dampers too.

 

You may also want to have 4 wheel tracking and alignment done to match the Scout settings if you change the height as this will alter the wheel geometry.

On 30/01/2019 at 15:44, Papfox said:

Please be aware that, in altering the ride height of your car, you will also be altering the length the dampers are when you are driving. I've heard various stories about the ride quality and effectiveness of the dampers being reduced if they are operated outside of their optimal length area. These stories were from people who lowered their cars, found the results were worse than they expected and had subsequent handling issues. Can you check the part number for the dampers on the Scout? Are they the same as the dampers fitted to your car? If they're not, you may need to change the dampers too.

 

You may also want to have 4 wheel tracking and alignment done to match the Scout settings if you change the height as this will alter the wheel geometry.

Going +-20mm will be fine.  It's when they drop them 30-50mm that problems start, especially when a standard damper is trying to control a spring that is 30%-50% stiffer.  The damper just gives up and plays dead.

 

Just a thought for the OP but a 1.9 possibly has the lightweight front end with the 50mm dampers.  I'd be measuring the outside diameter of the springs (the whole spring, not the spring wire) and compare to the Scout springs to ensure they are the same and the spring will seat properly in the strut.

Thanks in advance

Hi ! I found spring and they have 3 red lanes. What that mean ?

On 04/03/2019 at 17:04, shinevfx said:

Hi ! I found spring and they have 3 red lanes. What that mean ?

You have to trawl through the catalogue for the colour code.  It won't tell you much.  If you got the springs off a Scout and want to lift the vehicle they will do the job.

 

https://skoda.7zap.com/en/cz/octavia/oct/2009-663/4/

4 hours ago, brad1.8T said:

You have to trawl through the catalogue for the colour code.  It won't tell you much. 

 

It tells you the weight range for the springs.

 

Ideally, the old and new springs should be designed for the same weight range. I've no idea if it makes much difference to normal road use.

20 hours ago, langers2k said:

 

It tells you the weight range for the springs.

 

Ideally, the old and new springs should be designed for the same weight range. I've no idea if it makes much difference to normal road use.

I couldn't see any specs there but I'll take your word for it that the info is there "somewhere".

 

I agree.  As long as the springs came off a Scout the end result will be somewhere near the money for normal use.

 

OTOH, I know a guy that put vRS springs on his 1.9tdi/5 speed and it raised the front ride height as the driveline was significantly lighter than the 2.0TSFI/DSG combo in the vRS