the passenger side spring on my mums car has just snapped aswell. if the springs are £40 each and tracking is £40 the quikfit looks like a winner!
how hard are the springs to change? any special tools needed? just finished doing the wishbone bushes and noticed this spring broken, what a chore!
It is a bit of a chore, but depending on how much you had to remove to change the bushes then maybe not too bad. Maybe buy a Polo 9N Haynes repair manual - same as
Ibiza 6L engine wise and suspension wise. Also maybe use "search" here and have a look across at
www.briskoda.net in the Fabia section - as its also the same car. You will also find a list a tools "THAT ARE NICE TO HAVE" for this job, namely:- big deep socket for hub nut + M14 spine bit for strut base/hub top clamping bolt + hub spreading tool + a few sets of spring compressors to "tame" the new springs. If I were you, I'd change both sides and change the bearing packs at the top of the struts, also strut top nyloc nuts + all small bolts at the top of the strut mounting + hub nut(s) + clamping bolt and nyloc nut. You might get one side off without removing the drive shaft, but its easier if you do for teh other side - Haynes will keep you right!
You might just need a full four wheel re-alignment after all this work has been completed - the future front wheel tyre wear will indicate if you have got off without doing this - although this info will come too late to save the tyres - depends if you are feeling lucky really!
By the way, what age is your mums car - if it is before 2004 build date then it might just still have the old style ARB fitted - if so, these fail and that means dropping the cross member to get it out - and that means a proper re-alignment is needed. Maybe research that issue as way as it could save your mum some money long term if this job is done now as the re-alignment is quite costly.
