Anyone use Air-Springs to increase load capacity?
 

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Looking to increase towing capacity, and came across TruckSpring.com. They offer air-bag springs to "improve ride quality & load capacity".

I plan to pull a small car trailer with my VW Vanagon pickup. It is getting a 3.4ltr 996 motor so there should be enough grunt. The brakes are 944t so they should be enough as well.

I am just wondering if anyone has used Air-Springs to help with any increased load they may be wanting to pull, like a Camper pulling a boat & trailer.

Len at Autosportengineering dot com

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I use 2500lb. bags on the rear of my bus,

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made my own brackets, very smooth ride. Are you talking about air assist that sit inside of the stock springs on your vanagon or fitting something to the a-arms? Stay away from push-in connectors for the air lines, they last a few years but almost all of the ones I've had over five years have gone bad. Plan to do airstruts on the front in place of the shocks when I get the bus back from the paint shop.

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Thinking of ones that fit inside the rear coil springs. Only as an assist when trailering.

Len

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