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Subject Topic: Spring Assisters for towing Post Reply Post New Topic
14/3/2009 at 8:29am
 Location: West Midlands
 Outfit: Swift Charisma 650 + Grand Cherokee
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Hi Team

Mr spendalot here is thinking of fitting spring assisters to the new car but i dont think he needs to with the new kia sorento 2008 model.

are they any good, are they needed ?

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14/3/2009 at 10:13am
 Location: Milton Keynes
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I think you will find it totally unnecessary to use spring assisters on a Sorento, I wouldn't even be thinking about it. The Sorento has a massive noseweight allowance, on my older model its 112kgs and more on the one you have.

David



14/3/2009 at 12:32pm
 Location: Shropshire North Wales borders
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Oh dear, he does like playing with his cars, doesn't he?

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14/3/2009 at 5:45pm
 Location: Derbyshire
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if anything it would be worth fitting adjustable shock absorbers, the suspension would be fine but adjustable shocks could be stiffened when towing to stop the car pitching (wallowing) your car may already have the function built in many new vehicles do, on mine its called ECS.


14/3/2009 at 6:01pm
 Location: Teesside
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Surely there is a very easy way to see if you need spring assisters. First measure the height of the towball on levelish ground, then either hitch up or get an adult to sit in the boot and then check how much the towball has gone down. In my car it is just 9mm when 75kg is put on the towball which is barely noticeable. 

If you like messing about with cars and want to spend money then, ...., but 4x4s do have a good range of suspension travel and stiff suspension anyway. Typically cars which do have problems have a long overhang from the back wheels to the towbar. In the case of the Sorento there overhang is quite short.

Very stiff suspension could damage the car or the caravan. See some of the earler threads about towing with vans.



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Oh Dont Those Korean Kia's come with adjustable shockers

 

How bads that ?




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