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[Andy B]

Thanks Entwood, Nice to get you to this discussion, too. Remember you said once "Omegas are excellent towcars, without any doubt whatsoever" which I really agree now after this Summer. What is your solution or does Elite have automatic height control?

yup .. and excellent it is  ..

I agree.  But Airmatic is even better 

What's this, something I shoud know, too??

Sorry. It was a joke. Airmatic is what Mercedes call their air suspension. 

[polilara]

OK, no problem, I am still not sure which way to go. Monroe solution would be easiest way but are the that poor dampers?

Heard that Volvo have also a solution which pumps it by itself to right height.

[Entwood]

Thanks Entwood, Nice to get you to this discussion, too. Remember you said once "Omegas are excellent towcars, without any doubt whatsoever" which I really agree now after this Summer. What is your solution or does Elite have automatic height control?

yup .. and excellent it is  ..

I agree.  But Airmatic is even better 

What's this, something I shoud know, too??

It's what his posh Merc has ..... 

Does the same thing but costs 15 times as much and breaks  more often ..........   

[johnnydog]

Didn't Cliffo B have airbags fitted inside his springs

If I recall, he had an Elite estate, but found that the 80l LPG tank, a mobility scooter and a caravan were all a bit too much for the self leveling system...

That surprises me, because I tow a car transporter with a 3.2 Elite saloon, and even loaded with a medium sized vehicle such a Golf or Audi A4, the ride height isn't much lower than when solo. It just has genuine GM self levelling springs and shockers fitted. Obviously, the self levelling system needs to working properly and not loosing pressure under load. With the caravan on the back, it doesn't look any different to normal when the self levelling has done its job.

[Doctor Gollum]

Didn't Cliffo B have airbags fitted inside his springs

If I recall, he had an Elite estate, but found that the 80l LPG tank, a mobility scooter and a caravan were all a bit too much for the self leveling system...

That surprises me, because I tow a car transporter with a 3.2 Elite saloon, and even loaded with a medium sized vehicle such a Golf or Audi A4, the ride height isn't much lower than when solo. It just has genuine GM self levelling springs and shockers fitted. Obviously, the self levelling system needs to working properly and not loosing pressure under load. With the caravan on the back, it doesn't look any different to normal when the self levelling has done its job.

I believe the issue was with the rear axle loading rather than the caravan... boot load was probably around the 250kg mark without the caravan nose weight

If the springs were past their best, then the factory air shocks can only do so much.

[Andy B]

It's what his posh Merc has ..... 

Does the same thing

It doesn't  You can't raise your car & you don't  have comfort/normal/sport settings 

but costs 15 times as much and breaks  more often ..........   

I'll let you have the cost bit, but contest that breaks more often    though I've had two new rear shockers recently at €400 

[polilara]

Has anybody else experience of these?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Monroe-LA360-Shock-Absorber-pieces/dp/B00DQC72PA
Is that the way e.g. what is installed in Elite?

[Doctor Gollum]

They attach in the same way as the standard shock absorber

Only differences are saloon or estate and you plug the cars existing air supply to them.

Retrofitting the system is easy enough. 

[Auto Addict]

I fitted MAD progressive to my Omega, easy to fit and worked a treat

[frostbite]

Do you think the kinetic nivomats from a volvo do a good job?

They sort of self level when there is movement

[polilara]

I think it is really good solution, just shocks and no other components, friend of mine have it in Volvo V70. He is very satisfied with them. Unfortunately not available for Omega.

http://www.roversd1.info/nivomat.htm

[polilara]

I perhaps can get new original Omega pneumatic shocks to rear. If I am happy with manual height adjustment just by adding pressure when needed what other parts I need than shocks. Do I need a pressure tank etc. or can I just add air direct  to shocks.