"proper" Rear Suspension For Pickup

[pj123]

I attanded a car exhibition at BITEC about a month ago. One of the products on display was a coil spring rear suspension replacement for pickups. I don't remember the name of the company but the cutaway suspension they had on display looked very good. Has anyone any knowledge or experience of this optional extra for pickups?

[Jamie]

Are you talking about in replacement of the leaf springs? Air springs are used in lowered trucks. Although I think many larger trucks come with leaf springs, there are a number of after market products coil spring set-ups.

[Gary A]

Replacing the leaf springs with coil springs should greatly improve the ride and handling. The best part is if you need to haul a heavy load you can always add air shocks.

[pj123]

Yes, the example I saw was a coil spring replacement for the leaf springs

[Crossy]

What's the legal position in LoS regarding these?

IIRC 2 door pickups are only entitled to green plates and reduced tax if they have leaf springs on the back 4 door pickups don't get green plates so should be less of a problem.