Suplex Springs Question

[luke120198]

Hi all, new E85 owner here.

The car is a 2008 2.0L sport.

It's at about 100k now and the springs and shocks are all on their way out, so looking to replace them with something better than the OEM, without lowering any further than the factory sport suspension. Upon speaking to Bilstein it appears that their B8 shocks are the OEM replacement for the cars with factory sport suspension, but I can't get the kit with the Eibach springs since they have stopped doing springs for the 2.0L.

I've seen online that Suplex is a good option, and they're reasonably priced, but their catalogue has 2 rows for my car:

2.0L
2.0L with options

As far as I can see there's no further info available on what 'with options' actually means. I've emailed them 3 times over the past few months now and never get a reply, and when I ring they just tell me to email again and promise that they will reply this time. I've seen some comments online to say it has to do with the weight added by optional stuff like whether it's a manual or auto, whether it has air con etc. I've got the manual box and I do have air con, but I don't know whether this means I have to go for the firmer springs or not.

Anyone know which row in the catalogue I need to go for? Or know someone UK-based I can ring to find out? Alternatively, are there other springs that are a good choice for the 2.0L?

Thanks in advance for any guidance you can offer

 

[enuff_zed]

I've just plugged those details into the Autodoc app and for your car without sport suspension it says:

Front: Pt No. 06250 - Length 292mm - thickness 12.00mm
Rear: Pt No.06226 - Length 229mm - thickness 10.40mm - outer diameter 144mm (for vehicles without full equipment)

Hope that helps

 

[luke120198]

Thanks for the heads up on the app, I had no idea that existed.

I do have the factory sport suspension, and I'd like to keep the height the same. The AutoDoc says 06247 for the fronts - that agrees with the Suplex catalogue which says it'll be that part number regardless of whether it's 'with opts' or not. For the rear axle, it has 2 options for the factory sport suspension - 06230 for vehicles 'with optional extras' or 06229 'for vehicles without full equipment'. These are the same two part numbers that are in the Suplex catalogue under '2.0L' and '2.0L with opts.'

So the fronts are definitely 06247, but I'm still not sure about the rears - which equipment makes the difference? Is there a list somewhere of all the optional extras that were offered? I could have all the extras, in which case it makes it easy as it'll be the 06230's

 

[enuff_zed]

My mistake, read it the wrong way round, thought you didn't have sport suspension.
Well looking again, of the two rear options it only says sports equipment against the 06230.
The spring length is the same, but the thickness is less, so I'd assume it would drop a little bit further.