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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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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 4 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. No drilling required.
Installation Details 
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today we're taking a look at the Firestone Ride-Rite air helper springs for the rear axle. Now, this is a custom fit part, so to ensure or double check that it's a fit for your vehicle, you can use the vehicle fit guide that's located at etrailer.com. Now, this kit is designed to maximize safe load carrying capacity, it's designed to increase stability, and it's designed to improve ride quality. It simply installs between your vehicle's frame and the rear suspension, and it keeps your vehicle level when you're hauling the heavier loads. It's really gonna help improve steering control, it's gonna help improve breaking when you're hauling or towing, it's gonna help level your headlight beams, and it's gonna reduce tire wear. It also maintains even low distribution with air pressure.
That's gonna really help level those off-center loads.These airbags can adjust manually side to side for those off-center loads, and that's with individual inflation valves. It's also designed to reduce strain placed on your rear suspension. That's gonna prevent permanent sagging as well as excessive friction in the leaf springs. It also increase stability, so these are actually designed to absorb road shock, which really results in a smoother ride. It softens the contact between the axle and the frame, so it's gonna help bottoming out situations, and they provide maximum load support and durability.
We're looking at a nice rubber construction. These are a double convoluted design, and when it comes to the installation, it's a simple no-drill install. The brackets, air springs, all the necessary hardware, airline, and separate valves for manual inflation, all of that's included.Now, switches and gauges, as well as compressors and air tanks, those are sold separately and available for quick and easy air spring inflation or deflation from inside your vehicle. I wanna point out that the brackets with this kit, are made from a durable steel, and they all feature a really nice powder coated finish to resist rust and corrosion. Now, if you're installing this on a Z-71 or a high country model, that'd be GM vehicles, it does require the Ride-Rite lift spacer kit.
That's part number F2366 sold separately and available at etrailer.com. It's a really nice design.Now, these feature a load leveling capacity of 5,000 pounds. Just keep in mind that these do not increase your vehicles weight carrying capacity, so you always wanna be careful not to exceed the manufacturers recommended weight limit. It comes with detailed installation instructions, so it'll walk you through that whole process step-by-step. The adjustable air pressure is five PSI, so 100 PSI.
You need to be sure to keep some air pressure in these springs at all times. They give you a lot of control, you can really adjust as needed based on your particular load, and your particular application.Again, it comes with your hardware, springs, brackets. This is a heat shield, comes with some cable ties so you can secure as needed. You know, mostly this bracket here, that's what it's included for. This is the bracket that you would use to mount the air valves. Typically located at the rear of the vehicle those are your manual inflation valves, typically located at the rear of the vehicle for easy access. Now, this product is covered with a limited lifetime warranty on the springs, and the product's made in the USA. That's gonna do it for today's look at the Firestone Ride-Rite air helper springs for the rear axle.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (641 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.Package arrived in good shape and when promised. Installation was very straight forward as per the instructions. The only difficulty I had was threading the large nylocnut on to the airbag. Because of the limited access and view it was very difficult especially with the brass fitting already screwed into the airbag stem. I removed the airbag, removed the brass fitting then screwed the large nut over the stem several times. This made it easier to install the nut once everything was put back together as per the instruction and complete my installation. 638817
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
This system I installed on my 2012 Ford F-450 dually pickup. I love it!! I replaced a air bag system that I had put on by so called professionals. It was terrible. It mounted under the spring shackles. It helped when puling a heavy loaded trailer but rode terrible otherwise. The system I bought from e-trailer uses air bags under the rear axles. It handles heavy loads when air up to 90 psi and rides smooth when empty at 25 psi. I recommend it highly. 595195
Robert - 01/06/2020Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Product was an excellent addition to my 2009 F250. Install was straight forward and arrived at my house quick. Instructions were clear and is easy for anyone with basic mechanical skills. End use is for extra support with my travel trailer and levels my truck when hitched up. Airbags are easy to adjust with a hand pump you would use to air up basketballs, footballs, etc. I will continue to purchase from etrailer in the future. Great company. 707360
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Item arrived quickly. Now that I have installed them I don't know why I waited so long to get air bags. I run a welding skid in the back (1500-2000lbs) and occasionally tow. Even though the truck only sagged 1½ inches, the sway at highway speeds was my real issue to correct. At only 20psi the truck sits and rides proper again. 711712
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Very good fitment, so you do get what you pay the premium for. My only concern is some sort of regulator would go a long way to getting the pressure equalized between the bags. This is not something I expected, but will probably add later to enhance the ease of use and warranted that fifth star. Highly recommend as advertised regardless! 635267
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
fit perfect works great 503642
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Easy install and now the weight of my cap and trailer don’t sag my truck and it’s a big plus for the price and long haul. Would buy it over and over again. 567358
Louis M - 09/21/2019Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Eliminated the sag after I added a 6” FabTech lift on my 2015 Silverado LT. Great product have not had any issues at all. 546592
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Paint was poor and chipped up. Brackets did not fit my 2018 Ram 2500. You may be able to bend the bracket to fit around the frame so the holes line up. If you do that and they don't fit you just ate 300.00. These are not just a simple install on my truck. I see where guys drill, bend, cut to get these to fit. Not sure I want to do any of that. My truck is brand new! 703183
Victoria B - 09/23/2019Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Put on 2008 f250. With a B&W turnover ball. Had to remove one bolt on both side of B &W to mount top bracket then replace with new bolts in kit No big deal. Put both sides on and ran the air lines in less than 2 hours. Had a leak on driver side. It was where I didn't cut the air line straight. Recut air line and that fixed the problem. I would recommend this to anyone. 181344
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Installed by professional mechanic. instal went well. Totally changes the dynamic of towing. We have a 34 ft travel trailer. Control is excellent. Far better feel with heavy loads in the bed as well. Over all excellent product, very satisfied. 601774
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Great product. But they should have an option if there is a lift in the truck to make the bottom bracket longer if needed. 555352
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
One of the products I ordered was missing a piece and I called it in and Dianna was very helpful. I will see if the part comes in, It was a manufacture oversite and nothing to do with ETrailer. You guys have been fantastic! 539161
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Installation was not hard at all, I definitely recommend having an impact wrench handy though. The airbags definitely improved how my toy hauler towed!! They took out all sag and reduced the roughness on torn up highways. The pic shows my truck back to factory ride height with the bags. 665369
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
The airbags installed very easy. It took us about two and half hours to get the job done, and that’s after getting ahead of ourselves a couple times and having to redo some steps. It makes the vehicle ride great and I can’t wait Took my trailer up to it and see how it tows. 544910
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
2008 Chevy 1500. Using to assist with hauling travel trailer. Product shipped quickly and arrived on time. Poorly written instructions but easily installed once I was able to sort out the installation process. Very heavy duty material. Vehicle drove great after installation. Cant wait to put it to the test with a load. Note that the reference pictures on the website are of an older design. The mounting brackets have been redesigned and probably easier installation now. 141466
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Just received parts good quality, looking to install over the weekend Very fast service and reliability for all the trailer and truck parts I have ordered, dont see this to be any different. Very pleased with the service Darryl Ziemba 230534
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
They work perfect. Due to my truck coming with the factory installed Puck System, it was the only to go for installation. Other systems required a bracket to go up and over the frame which in not possible with factory installed hitch system.They perform perfectly as I like to have a little more support when hauling my fifth wheel camper and gooseneck trailers. 609449
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Easy to install. The bags were easy to install, Ride is nice, If I had to pick on the install I wood say cutting the bump stops makes removing them shod you wish to cost you new bump stops. 2991
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
easy install bags work great, almost 70K with zero malfunctions 380629
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Was very easy to install. My 11 yr old boy and i did it in less than 3 hrs. They are great and make the ride so much better. Pulling a 35 ft toy hauler on a 3/4 ton diesel. I have recommended etrailer and these air bags to friends. 265873
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Product arrived quickly. These air helper springs look very well made. They were relatively easy to install. The difficulties I had were related to the equipment and tools I had (or didn't). I only had hand tools. So the install took a lot longer than suggested. All the parts fit and matched up without interfering with any parts on the vehicle. We'll see how they stand up to use over time. 227862
Wyatt S - 09/25/2016Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
The product works great. 417766
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
I ordered the wrong parts. I needed a replacement bellow. I blew a tire and the interior tire destroyed the bellow for my Firestone Ride-Rite air helper spring. I am not sure if Firestone don't provide enough information or if etrailer.com failed to provide enough information for replacement bellows. I had to re-order from a different supplier. The other supplier had the exact information to get the correct replacement bellows. This research was expensive and time consuming, but I finally got the correct part. 162040
Review from a similar Firestone Ride-Rite in Vehicle Suspension
Really great product and does exactly what it is supposed to do! I really dread doing projects like this sometimes because of the so-so directions, but the directions for this kit were the best I have seen. You can tell somebody actually took the time to do it right! My 740 lb cruiser in the back of my truck used to push the bed down a couple of inches. Not anymore! 399032
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