For those on these forums that own older Toyota Camrys, I was wondering if you use them to carry heavier loads or pull a light-duty trailer and have you found anything availible to beef up the rear springs or struts?
I know Toyota used to sell a custom light-duty hitch for these cars, because I installed one for a customer many years ago, but the car was brand-new then and he didn't provide anything to help the rear suspension.

Since I acquired a '96 Camry sedan two years ago, it has become my main daily-driver and work vehicle. So I keep about 300 pounds of stuff in the trunk.
Last summer, I added a custom, trailer hitch off of a '95 Camry in my local Pick-N-Pull - not for pulling an Airstream cross-country, just infrequently a small 4" x 8" utility trailer to haul a washer or refrigerator a few miles
I haven't used a trailer yet, but with the car already sitting pretty low, and the hitch hanging down an extra couple of inches, I've been hitting pavement at many driveways, road-dips and speed-bumps.
I've noticed all older Camry sedans seem to sit pretty low in the rear. And while doing the rear brakes recently, I found my rear struts leaking.

So last weekend, I spotted a '92 Camry wagon at the Pick-N-Pull and grabbed the rear spring & strut units, then swapped them into my sedan yesterday.
My car sits about 3 inches higher in the rear now and it's definitely much stiffer. Though I might miss the soft, floaty ride I got used to, so far it's acceptable, the car feels much tighter now, and tne bottoming-out is gone!

Happy Motoring, Mark

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