Front Springs Changed - Now SRI Looks Like a Land Rover!

[DanR]

Hi Guys,

My Veccy failed the MOT yesterday as one of the front springs had broken so I had them replaced by the dealer.

When I collected the car the dealer mentioned that the front end was sitting a bit high - apparently they had double checked everything, had fitted identical springs to those removed, but couldn't find anything amiss.

I was told that the springs would settle and if I wasn't happy after a few hundred miles they would take another look (too right!).

So now my girl looks like a land rover at the front:



There's about 80mm between the top of the tyre and the arch on the front, versus 50mm at the rear.



According to the invoice, the parts are down as:

V0093190495 Front Spring, Set.

So, can anyone confirm in Vx have supplied the correct parts, the car is a 55 plate facelift 1.9 CDTI 150 SRI. Also, are the springs likely to settle by 30mm - seems a bit much to me.

If any of you guys can help me out it would be very much appreciated

Thanks

Dan

[soulman]

how long have they been like that ???
springs normal settle after a short while ...a bit of heavy braking ..and they are fine ...

just done a search and the code i found is 93190523.

[DanR]

They were fitted yesterday, I've done about fifty miles so far.

I'll slam on the anchors a few times tomorrow and see what happens

[0uT1aW]

wow thats high, they look like the non sports springs! not convinced its gonna settle 30mm !

[soulman]

They were fitted yesterday, I've done about fifty miles so far.

I'll slam on the anchors a few times tomorrow and see what happens

if youve done 50miles I would say they are the wrong ones ...
the code i found was different to yours .93190523.

[plasma]

PM me chassis and/or reg number please

[Caveman_nige]

looks to me like they are standard springs not sri springs which would be lower..

[plasma]

Looks like you need the ones for the 'lowered sports chassis' and not just the 'sports chassis' in which case Soulmans part number above will be correct.

[jacko52]

Mine look just like yours my car is a cdti sri
Jacko

[macs_silviu]

hi,
i,ve got a veccy 1.9 cdti 2005 just before the facelift came out and it's the 120 sri.apparently i broke one of the front coils and i need to get a pair of new ones,...my question is how do i know/find out if i need a pair of coils for the normal chassis or if i have the lowered sport chassis?!? i'm thinking that being an sri i need the sport ones! no?!?!?