Rear Spring Assisters

Steve

Have you considered MAD auxiliary springs? Many moons ago I fitted the sort you illustrate to one of my tow cars but wasn't that impressed. On my next car I fitted MAD springs and they made a real difference to the rear ride height. 

David

Spring assisters shouldn’t really be necessary as the maximum rear axle load can’t be any higher when towing than when solo with the boot full of luggage. If the car is sitting down too much when laden there must be something wrong with its suspension, so that should be seen to before contemplating any spring assisters.

You've said similar before Lutz, but we know that in the real world that many cars sit notably lower even when there are just 3 'generously sized' people sat in the back seat .... 

I've spoken to my local garage that I normally use and they mentioned the weights but the laden weights are based on the vehicle being at max occupancy and fully laden.... not towing. Towing weights are based on minimum occupancy of the vehicle ie. Driver only.. They said they don't see any reason not to try them as they'll only give a higher & firmer ride as the springs are not compressed to the full weighted capacity. So... the questions now are do I or don't I? and Who's tried them and what's your opinion?... Steve

Way back, I fitted some to a Sierra, made no difference. A waste of money, imo.

A Sierra? That WAS  a way back 😉

I can beat that. Had them fitted to a Ford Zephyr in the early 1970s. They helped, too.

Did they have coil springs back then? Ford seemed to prefer the use of cart springs ..... even the Crapi still had leaf springs. 😉

It was one of the first to have independent rear suspension 

Weight at maximum occupancy and fully laden must not be exceeded even when towing. Towing weights apply to tensile forces between car and caravan, not vertical forces on the towball.