Broken spring while in spain

[Greg 01]

Hi guys ,
Having recently drove to spain for a few weeks the car developed a noise on the back end , after having a look i found the culprit a broken rear spring :x
I leave this side of spain on friday for a tour of picos de europa and then heading back through france to blighty .
Suplex spring 3 years old no corrosion
Its going to be a long drive home

 

[mr.tourette]

Surely you can find a spring over there, they're not coilovers so fitting is a 10/15 minute job

 

[Greg 01]

Cheers for the reply .
Ive managed to find a local garage they were not hopeful in getting the part over here .
Fingers crossed .
Im also looking to source the part as i can fit it as its not a difficult thing to replace .

 

[Greg 01]

Hi guys .
I would seem I'm unable to find a spring over here and bmw would have to order one in from Germany with over a week to get it here .
I have a bit of a lead to possibly a car breakers that may be my only chance before i need to start making my way home to blighty :wink: .

 

[rdm05z4]

Did you check into any junk yards ? Not sure they have them over there or what they would be called but in the states we call them Junk yards.

 

[Wyldie85]

We’d call them a breakers or scrap yard rdm05z4. Think the OP is going to try there and see if they have any.
What a place for it to break, whilst on your Spanish tour. Typical huh.
Safe travels.

 

[Silverstar]

Did you check into any junk yards ? Not sure they have them over there or what they would be called but in the states we call them Junk yards.

They are called Desguaces over here. Have you tried ebay.es or amazon.es the Spanish word for spring is muelles or resortes (less common).

 

[Silverstar]

Forgot to mention, you can try as well milanuncios.com many breakers advertise on that site.

 

[Greg 01]

Cheers for the heads up guys
I rang a breakers in alecante but no luck , it seems the z is a rare car over here , i have checked ebay es but it seems they all come posted from the uk so none actually in spain :roll: .
Will try Amazon cheers .

 

[Silverstar]

Try milanuncios.com as well, they have more local suppliers advertising rather those from UK or elsewhere in Europe.

 

[Mister T]

Cheers for the heads up guys
I rang a breakers in alecante but no luck , it seems the z is a rare car over here , i have checked ebay es but it seems they all come posted from the uk so none actually in spain :roll: .
Will try Amazon cheers .

Pretty sure you could get away with E46 springs as a temporary fix

 

[Greg 01]

Thanks silverstar
That milanuncios has given me a place in valencia where i may just be able to get something .
Also gave me some used ones near milan . .
Thanks Mr T .
I will look into that cheers . .
Greg

 

[Greg 01]

Hi guys .
Its now friday morning and im starting to head back to the uk ,unable to find a coil spring .
I looked into getting a new one ,second hand one ,after market one :tumbleweed: , so gone is my trip through the pecos de europa :x , ive now extended my trip so have 3 days to get to Calais .
Nice slow trip back .
Going to have to replace my suplex springs with something else i think , at least i have two weeks to organise my new suspension while im isolating
Thanks for the help guys .Greg.

 

[Greg 01]

Hi guys.
Just to round this off i drove back from spain fully loaded and the car didnt miss a beat couldn't tell the spring was broken :driving:.
New spring sourced now .
Cheers .