On my Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV the rear shocks are inside the rear coil springs so spring compressors were required ( the coil springs had actually snapped off the last 75mm - but the ride felt no different ), As I have done a lot home DIY on cars, bikes and boats over the years it wasn't an issue to do it on my drive and my grandson helped as he is an apprentice mechanic with Audi ( but he's not done a lot on rusty cars!), Just check how you rear springs are fitted -perhaps contact a supplier of the MAD springs to check compatibility
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My Forester XT had a rear spring go and the firts I knew about it was when I spotted the bottom section of spring laying on the drive. They were coax coil springs and shocks, where the shocks provided the self levelling capability and took some of the load. A Forester weak point on that years SJ model. Being post covid replacements were not available so I just had Pedders spring shock units fitted where the shocks did not provide self levelling capability, just acted as conventional shocks. The car didn’t even notice the difference in levelling but its ride was improved.
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During my time on the Hyundai forum, several owners of Hyundai Santa Fe replaced their worn self-levelling dampers with Pedders non-levelling dampers and springs and reported no detriment to ride height or ride quality.
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I put Pedders on the Forester plus a SWB Pajero that had three way electrically adjusted rear shocks. They became worn out and OEM replacements were very expensive. So I fitted Pedders coil overs in their place. Much improved for off roading too.
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