Well I didn't think that getting 2 new front springs for my Xfire in the United Kingdom (UK/England) would be this difficult/time consuming.

I have been informed by my local indy garage that they have sourced the items and they have been delivered. Xfire has gone in today to have BOTH front springs changed. I have had both done as I understand that having just the one side changed may cause problems, more importantly I don't want all this grief if the other one fails in the future.

For all fellow Xfire owners in the UK I will post the part numbers and supplier details once I have all the info from the garage when I go and collect the car tomorrow.