Well that's a pain in the bumpstops..... exactly 93 yards from home, just coming back from a run to Ikea (I know, hell on earth

) and the front end goes bang and then makes a bit of a nasty noise. I thought it'd be a spring as the car still moved well enough, it just made a noise over every bump and every steering turn.
I've just had the wheel off and sure enough, snapped spring and looks to be a bit wedged

Book time is under 2 hours and doesn't look like too much grief, though I'm not looking forward to the hub nut - 345Nm..... I presume doing it up to FT will suffice ?

Eurocraparts have allegedly got Sachs springs for not much over £20 - any thoughts on Sachs springs ? Good, bad, or indifferent ? I'm hoping the top bearing is still in good condition - the car is at 75k and coming up to 7 years old so it
should be OK
Anyone know if this is a common failure ? I know the general condition of the roads are responsible for a lot of suspension damage, but do the metal springed C5 X7 suffer more than most ?
Cheers.