Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle
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Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle
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Firestone Vehicle Suspension - F2400
- Air Springs
- Rear Axle Suspension Enhancement
- Firestone
- Heavy Duty
5,000-lb Capacity. Ride-Rite air springs enhance your factory suspension for safety and stability when you are hauling heavy loads. They reduce strain on your rear axle, keep your vehicle level, and adjust to load size for a consistently smooth ride.
Features:
- Maximize safe load-carrying capacity, increase stability and improve ride quality
- Install between your vehicle's frame and its rear suspension
- Keep your vehicle level when you are hauling a heavy load
- Improve steering control and braking when you are hauling or towing
- Level your headlight beams
- Reduce tire wear
- Maintain even load distribution with air pressure, leveling off-center loads
- Air bags adjust manually, side to side, with individual inflation valves
- Reduce strain on rear suspension
- Prevent permanent sagging and excessive friction in leaf springs
- Increase stability
- Absorb road shock for a smooth ride
- Soften contact between axle and frame to prevent bottoming out
- Provide maximum load support and durability with rubber construction and double-convoluted design
- Include all materials necessary for installation
- Brackets, air springs, hardware, air line and separate valves for manual inflation
- Switches and gauges, compressors, and air tanks (sold separately) are available for quick and easy air spring inflation/deflation from inside your vehicle
- Made in the USA
Specs:
- Load-leveling capacity: 5,000 lbs
- Ride-Rite springs will not increase your vehicle's weight-carrying capacity. Do not exceed the manufacturer's recommended weight limit.
- Adjustable air pressure: 5 psi to 100 psi
- Limited lifetime warranty on air springs
- 2-Year limited warranty on hardware
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Spring Basics
Firestone Ride-Rite springs are designed to increase safety and reduce the strain on your vehicle when you are hauling heavy loads or towing a heavy trailer. The springs partner with your existing rear suspension system to help keep your vehicle level, maintain even load distribution and increase stability. Hauling heavy loads or towing a heavy trailer can make the rear of your vehicle sag and the front end rise. This puts more strain on your rear axle and reduces contact between your front tires and the road, causing problems with braking, steering control and traction. By adding air springs to your rear suspension, you can help to level your vehicle and improve braking and handling. The air springs also help to level your headlight beams and reduce wear on your tires.
Adjustable Air Pressure
The air pressure in your Ride-Rite springs can be adjusted manually, side to side, to compensate for off-center loads. A centered load improves the stability of your vehicle by reducing body roll. The air springs will also help to absorb road shock and to soften contact between your axle and frame. This prevents bottoming out, thus improving ride comfort. Route the air line tubing for the springs to your vehicle's bumper to provide easy access to the manual inflation valves.
Air Spring Construction
Firestone's double-convoluted Ride-Rite air springs are designed to give you maximum load support and enhance the performance and ride comfort of your vehicle. The rubber springs provide cushioning between your suspension components and operate at up to 100 psi. The springs have four layers of reinforced rubber to ensure durability and enhance load support. A braided wire girdle creates the double-convoluted shape of each air spring, increasing the burst pressure of the spring. The rubber springs are attached to corrosion-resistant metal end plates with a time-proven, rolled crimp seal that keeps the bags securely anchored.
Air Spring Installation
Each Ride-Rite kit includes custom-fit brackets that connect to your axle and frame. The brackets provide the mounting points for the air springs. Drilling may be required for some applications.
W217602400 Firestone Ride Rite Air Bags - Suspension Kit - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle
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Installation Details
This Product Fits The Following Vehicles
- 2005 - 2007 Ford F-250 Super Duty
- 2005 - 2007 Ford F-350 Super Duty
Customer Reviews
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle - F2400
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (1427 Customer Reviews)
5,000-lb Capacity. Ride-Rite air springs enhance your factory suspension for safety and stability when you are hauling heavy loads. They reduce strain on your rear axle, keep your vehicle level, and adjust to load size for a consistently smooth ride.
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by: Erik08/02/2022
2006 Ford F-350 Super Duty
The Firestone kit for great. Installed in about a hour without issues. I contacted e trailer to confirm fitment on my 2006 F350 4x4 CCLB diesel dually due to clearance between the jounce mount and stabilizer bar bracket. They contacted Firestone and assured me it would fit. Very nice quality and easy installation. The kit does come with a bracket for the air fittings to be mounted off a hitch so no need to purchase separately.
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Dan - 04/25/2020
by: Dan04/24/2019
Ford F-250 Super Duty
I have had these air bags on 3 vehicles over the past 20 years, my current F250 hauls a 38 ft fithwheel with ease and no porpoising wouldn’t have it any other way
Comments
Just returned home from a 3400 mile trip and as always the air springs preformed great
Dan - 04/25/2020
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by: Mark08/11/2018
2006 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty
Installed this on my 2006 F 250, installation instructions were easy to follow. Just be ready to work getting the bump stops off (spray with penetrating oil before trying to remove. The rest of the install was easy, I followed the advice of one of the other reviews and put the air valves through the tag to avoid drilling holes in my bumper.Total time was about three hours without removing the tires and no lift.
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by: Brian07/23/2022
Delivered in 2 days!! Thank you etraile r!
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by: Ron11/03/2021
etrailer provides professional personnel customer service. Something many company's have forgotten. Thanks
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Victoria B - 02/12/2020
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by: Fred G.01/29/2020
The lift has worked great. They leveled the truck out and greatly reduced the bounce and sway of the trailer and where easy to install. The only problem was finding a tee for the air line as I wanted to air them up together.
Comments
If you would like to tee the air lines together so the bags can be inflated equally, the Firestone Union Tee for 1/4 inch Tubing # F3025-1
Firestone Union Tee for 1/4" Tubing
$20.84 is perfect for this air bag kit.
-- Firestone Union Tee for 1/4" Tubing
$20.84 is perfect for this air bag kit.
Victoria B - 02/12/2020
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AlanT - 12/29/2017
by: AlanT07/29/2016
The Firestone Ride-Rite Air Springs were easy for a novice "mechanic" to install. The videos were a great help. I also purchased the tubing cutter because if the air connection to the bladder is not perfectly square, the possibility of air leaks increases. I also used fuel line tubing to provided added insulation for the air lines. My suggestion prior to installation is to remove the rear tires and spare to allow plenty of room. Lastly, kudos to the helpful folks at etrailer.com. They were able to price match other businesses and were knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly. Would DEFINITELY purchase from them again!
Comments
Wow, following up on a purchase that I made over a year ago! That is what I call GREAT customer service!Everything is great regarding the Firestone Vehicle Suspension system. I was a little worried about leaks developing over time, but all has been perfect!
AlanT - 12/29/2017
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by: John M06/08/2015
2005 Ford F-350
Great product. Installed on my 2005 ford F350 Easy install..about an hour plus the on board compressor kit..towing a 38' fifth wheel toy hauler. .about 12k lbs. Truck sits level with trailer and only the minimum 5 lbs of air..but pumping to about 50 lbs really improved the ride and stability. ..glad I did it..great product
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by: Dusty10/10/2018
2006 Volkswagen Golf
Figment was good and the instructions were definitely straight to the point with only 3 detailed pictures! Easy installation and holds my F250 level with a 48 volt golf cart in the bed with an approximately 1000 pounds of other junk.
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by: Jon W04/05/2016
I ordered the air bag helper springs on an early Friday and received the following Monday, The item purchased was easy to instal in a few hours and really helped the sagging of my rear suspension while pulling an enclosed car hauler no more bottoming out bad roads my F 250 rides really nice again ! I would recommend this product to anyone and the price was great !
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by: Todd R07/16/2015
2005 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty
Product was shipped promptly and arrived in three days. Had watched the Etrailer installation video and read through the instructions before the helper springs arrived. Installation was quick and simple and went well. Only thing I was puzzled with was which bracket was for the left side and which one was the right side that bolts on the lower bracket that goes over the Jounce stop. Once I assembled the bracket and held it in position you could easily see if you had the correct side, wrong side won't fit into place. Excellent product, performs as stated in description. Would recommend.
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by: John Castaldi01/15/2019
As usual with etrailer my package was delivered on time . Their customer service was excellent and the product bolted right on the truck.I now have air bags . Tks John
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by: mike d.11/21/2013
2006 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty
Very nice kit easy to install would recommend to everyone that's interested in an air helper spring
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by: Scott F.08/21/2015
2007 Ford F-250 And F-350 Super Duty
love them well worth the money made a huge difference. My fifth wheel used to bounce a lot but not anymore took a little longer than it said but well worth it. A little advise take spare tire out first thing it will give you a lot more room again it made a world of difference smoother ride wife even loved them she said best money I've spent in awhile. love them
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Roy G - 06/22/2018
by: Roy G.06/22/2017
2006 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty
Just finished putting air bags on our pick up. Fairly easy to put on. So far so good.
Comments
Great! Havent had any problems. All works as it should.
Roy G - 06/22/2018
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by: Ray09/01/2012
2006 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty
Loading a RZR in bed of my truck, and towing a trailer, needed the extra support. It was easy to install. The instructions were easy to follow, and the installation video was also very helpfull. This product performs as advertised. Very pleased with the results.
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by: Dean F.10/16/2012
One would expect Firestone Air Springs to be a good product. The exceptional order handling and shipping process with the attention to detail make ETRAILER my first stop for products they supply.
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by: Gilbert04/01/2018
2006 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty
Received air bags in 3 days. Arrived in good condition. Overall installation was fairly easy. It took me about 3 hrs just because I was moving slowly and had to readjust a couple of times. Very happy with the way it turned out. Bought it because im planning on a heavy haul in a few days. Will see how it works.
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by: Excellent03/29/2017
2006 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty
The parts came in on time. They were installed next day. It took about two hours to install. Everything went well with the install. The air bladders work very well with my truck. No problems at all. Thank you E trailer for your support, and the follow up after the sale. GREAT JOB.
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by: Ronald05/31/2018
2006 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty
Took longer to get old bump stops off than the install of new parts. Seems good.
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by: Beth07/21/2021
2006 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty
Super easy website, FAST shipping! Tha nks!
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by: Ron11/07/2017
Excellent product. Kind of a non-novice project but once installed it works perfect! Keep mine around 50 psi to comp for my 16000 pound toy hauler. Keeps the truck level with no butt squat. Highly recommend it to those who are looking.
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by: Greg S07/10/2012
2006 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty
Easy to install using air tools. Installation of bottom bracket is easier with two sets of hands. Great improvement in stability with the cab over camper on the truck
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by: Clayton T.03/16/2015
The airbags leveled my truckup an nice for pulling heavy loads.
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by: Rob S.09/19/2012
2006 Ford F-250 Super Duty
Just installed this kit on my 06 F250. Quality is excellent, Installation is a breeze. Wish I would have done this sooner, Its definitely worth the money!
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view full answer... - Does Firestone Air Bag Kit # F2400 Fit 2006 Ford F-350Yes, the Firestone air bag kit part # F2400 that you referenced is a confirmed fit for your 2006 Ford F-350 and would work well. I attached an install video for you to check out too.
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view full answer... - Where is Fuel Line Bracket Used For Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs on 2006 Ford F-250Yes, the fuel line bracket is used to help reposition the fuel line on your 2006 Ford F-250 when installing the Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs # F2400. I have added a cut out from the instructions (which are linked below) that explain the use of the bracket.
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view full answer... - Firestone Suspension Enhancement Recommendation for 2006 Ford F-250 with 6 inch LiftSince your 2006 Ford F-250 has a 6 inch lift you would want to use the 6 inch lift spacers part # F2375 with the Firestone kit part # F2400 which is confirmed as a fit for your truck. This would not interfere with the tires or the lift. I attached an install video for you to check out as well.
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view full answer... - Do Firestone Compressor Kits Fit Firestone Ride-Rite Air Spring Kit 2400All of the Firestone compressor and gauge kits will work great with the Firestone Ride Rite kit part # F2400 that you referenced. For a compressor kit then the heavy duty part # F2097 will work great to make inflating the bags and maintaining them easier. The compressor will inflate faster than standard compressors and the gauge inside the vehicle will allow you to monitor and inflate them from inside the vehicle as well.
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