Fitting air lifts to rear suspension for towing?
Fitting air lifts to rear suspension for towing?
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ZSStan

Original Poster:

12 posts

14 months

Tuesday 18th February
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I’d like my car to be a little more level when towing my track car, I’ve gone down the route of spring assisters which seem to stiffen things up but they don’t really change the ride height when loaded up.

Now I’m not into air suspension as in show car crap, I’m a user not a shower when it comes to motoring, however, I’d consider a kit that ‘airs up’ my car as opposed to ‘slamming’ it.

Can this be done?

Cheers.

KTMsm

28,982 posts

281 months

Wednesday 21st May
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Yes there are airbags that simply sit inside your existing spring and you blow them up with an onboard compressor - cheap and effective

For certain, generally older cars, you can also buy air assisted shock absorbers

tight fart

3,258 posts

291 months

Friday 4th July
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It shouldn’t be sitting low, do you check the nose weight of the trailer?

Bobley

730 posts

167 months

Tuesday 30th September
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We've got VB-Air suspension on the back of ours. You can pump it up to stiffen the rear and raise slightly. Also, if I park on the old cheese wedges on a site I can vary the air pressure on each back corner to fine tune the level. Quite handy really.

ZSStan

Original Poster:

12 posts

14 months

Tuesday 30th September
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KTMsm said:
Yes there are airbags that simply sit inside your existing spring and you blow them up with an onboard compressor - cheap and effective

For certain, generally older cars, you can also buy air assisted shock absorbers
Brill, ill look into that, cheers

ZSStan

Original Poster:

12 posts

14 months

Tuesday 30th September
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tight fart said:
It shouldn t be sitting low, do you check the nose weight of the trailer?
It’s a twin axel trailer with the weight (engine end of track car) foward. Keeps it stable(ish) in a snake situation vs rear biased trailer weight

ZSStan

Original Poster:

12 posts

14 months

Tuesday 30th September
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Bobley said:
We've got VB-Air suspension on the back of ours. You can pump it up to stiffen the rear and raise slightly. Also, if I park on the old cheese wedges on a site I can vary the air pressure on each back corner to fine tune the level. Quite handy really.
Cheers, ill research VB air. 👍🏼