I'm considering getting Eibach springs for my VRS, got a killer quote today for fitting them of £570 so was wondering who's fitted springs themselves, done it before a few years ago but was wondering how difficult the VRS would be to do, it's a 69 plate 4x4 Tdi saloon,

Any youtube vids or advice would be appreciated.

 

Cheers

I could be wrong but that sounds a bit expensive to me. What's the cost of the springs? About £150? If so, labour seems expensive for what is prob a 2-3hour job. Maybe that makes sense from a main dealer but you could probably get it cheaper from a good independent and, of course, source the parts yourself. 

That was just labour..lolol Yep springs are around £150 to £200 but If not too bad might give it a go myself.

 

Cheers

Just now, esoxecosse said:

That was just labour..lolol Yep springs are around £150 to £200 but If not too bad might give it a go myself.

 

Cheers

 

That is nuts then! I'm not sure how it's done but good luck. 

I did my H&R’s on my vRS, not overly difficult to diy, would set aside a good few hours and go through a couple of video tutorials on YouTube, a good tip to get the steering knuckle off the strut is to use a 1/4 inch ratchet to expand the knuckle. The rear is fairly simple but you may have a little more to do having rear driveshafts.

Thanks Sasha, I didn't find much on Youtube on the VRS but I did watch a few on the MK7.5 Golf which I think will be pretty similar, is triple square the same as our good old fashioned spline bits..? as I have loads of those, some of the vids give torque settings as well which is good, doesn't look too bad but would have to be a nice day before I would attempt it ..lol

 

Triple square are NOT the same as spline. I found out the hard way.

If you haven't already, look up golf r suspension change as that should give an idea if the rear end is different from front wheel drive cars.

AFAIK a triple square is a spline bit, I used a spline bit, dual hex is 12 corners, same as a triple square. I used a spline bit and it worked for my car either way. The Golf 7 and 7.5 videos will match up exactly the with the Octavia.

Excuse my ignorance.  I was confusing spline and torx.  I think spline and triple square have the same number of points but the troughs between are round on spline and square on TS.  some inter-use can be done but for high torque situations (stuck bolts or high clamping force) the correct tool should be used.

I was wondering the same question about fitting the springs...   tempted to get the same set myself as they're dirt cheap and don't look to impact ride or practicality but I can't bring myself to pay somebody to do it.

 

Last time I lowered a car though was my old rover on which has Mcphaerson struts all round and I fitted Koni adjustable inserts in (you butcher the original shock and fit them in) and everything was rusted so started sheering as I tried to get it apart.  That was a mare of a job!

 

The Octavia looks pretty simple to me.

As far as I could see, the rears should compress and drop out with no disassembly once the car is jacked up and the wheels drop>#

The front being case of jack it up, drop the wheels, unbolt the strut, compress the spring, take the top mounts off, replace the spring and reassemble it all....  the thing I couldn't work out was whether the front wheels would drop enough to get the strut out when unbolted or whether you need to start taking more apart (I'm pretty sure I had to do this before, splitting the ball joints etc)?

 

 

14 minutes ago, Alex-W said:

Last time I lowered a car though was my old rover on which has Mcphaerson struts all round and I fitted Koni adjustable inserts in (you butcher the original shock and fit them in) and everything was rusted so started sheering as I tried to get it apart.  That was a mare of a job!

 

That sounds like a messy job!!

 

14 minutes ago, Alex-W said:

The Octavia looks pretty simple to me.

As far as I could see, the rears should compress and drop out with no disassembly once the car is jacked up and the wheels drop>#

The front being case of jack it up, drop the wheels, unbolt the strut, compress the spring, take the top mounts off, replace the spring and reassemble it all....  the thing I couldn't work out was whether the front wheels would drop enough to get the strut out when unbolted or whether you need to start taking more apart (I'm pretty sure I had to do this before, splitting the ball joints etc)?

 

Sounds about right.  When I did my mk2 I didn't compress the front shocks first.  Was a bit tough getting them out.  All the guides I've read suggest compressing the springs while fitted in the car (after releasing the bottom of the strut) this will then give enough clearance to get the strut out.  Shouldn't need to bother with ball joints.

You can get the struts out without compressing the spring; plenty of room

Sounds pretty simple then.  

The original quote from the OP sounds crazy then!

 

Thanks for the responses, much appreciated, yep it doesn't look too bad to change them, ordered today anyhoo so will get them fitted when the weather improves a bit, Sasha do the wipers need to come off to gain access to the strut tops..?

 

Cheers

1 minute ago, Alex-W said:

Sounds pretty simple then.  

The original quote from the OP sounds crazy then!

 

 

It certainly does, was a main dealer trght enough, didn't bother asking if that included an alignment check.lol

54 minutes ago, esoxecosse said:

Thanks for the responses, much appreciated, yep it doesn't look too bad to change them, ordered today anyhoo so will get them fitted when the weather improves a bit, Sasha do the wipers need to come off to gain access to the strut tops..?

 

Cheers

Don’t have to touch the wipers, don’t even have to remove the trim fully, just pull the clips off and move it out of the way.