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01/9/2010 at 3:12pm
Location: Hertfordshire
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Hi, this may help , some views from another member
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UKCampsite.co.uk members Paul and Wendy recently reviewed the MAD Suspension System upgrade on their towcar |
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01/9/2010 at 5:26pm
Location: Blackburn Lancashire
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Are you sure the car is not overloaded? Spring assistors should not normally be needed.
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01/9/2010 at 8:26pm
Location: kentish
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Quote: Originally posted by Greendemon315 on 01/9/2010
Are you sure the car is not overloaded? Spring assistors should not normally be needed.
Jim
I have a picasso and suffer from the same problem and my car is empty, seems to sit low at the rear.
Caravan is well within its limit.
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01/9/2010 at 8:44pm
Location: Shropshire
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We used MAD springs on two Ford Mondeos some years ago when we had a tin tent. We found they did make a difference and would use them again - don't need them with our current outfit.
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01/9/2010 at 10:44pm
Location: West Berkshire
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We used to own a Picasso and fitted greyson engineering supplemental springs. the ride was much better and the back end was at the right height once the van was attached.
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01/9/2010 at 10:54pm
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Mad - yes, very good - when my S-I-L's hubby sold his early Mondy, he gave me his MAD assisters & I fitted them to our (then) Cavalier. Did what they said on the tin. Years before, on our old Renault 20TS deffo needed some assistance even with the light old Musketeer. So got hold of a compressor from a warranty claim in the Volvo garage I was at (the claim was for the faulty air-adjustable shocks in a kit) - I also got all the piping and control thingy with the electric button to raise & button to lower. Connected it all up to a pair of Auto-Ballans - brilliant, plonk the 'van on, pump up until level, stable towing. The Bee-em we had didn't need anything; the Focus I had didn't tow a caravan but I did use it to pick up a Rover V8 engine & two auto boxes from Preston; I had the Grayston assisters and they were brill. The same ones were removed & fitted to the Rover 45 and kept that nice & level with the Whirlwind on.
The Saab doesn't seem to need any, though the Graystons are the same spec for it!
So some cars do, some cars don't...
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02/9/2010 at 8:09pm
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hi we used to tow our 470/4 with a w reg xara estate which was very soft on the rear suspension i fitted some spring assistors and it really made a big difference , we now tow with a c5 estate the self levelling suspension is really good when hitched up the car and caravan sit perfectly
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Topic: Spring Assistors
ill look into buying some.
