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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.
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi, everybody. Andy here with etrailer.com. Let's take a look at this Firestone Ride-Rite Double Convoluted Air Helper Spring Kit for your rear axle. Now, this kit has been designed to fit your 2023 and newer Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon. And on custom fit parts such as this kit, I do recommend taking advantage of our vehicle fit guide here at etrailer.com. Input the year, make and model of your vehicle and our fit guide will confirm if this kit will work for you or if we have something comparable that will work for you.
Now, these springs have a load leveling capacity of 5,000 pounds and they are designed to install between your vehicle's frame and its rear suspension to increase safety and reduce the strain on your truck when you're hauling heavy loads or towing a heavy trailer. These frames partner with your existing rear suspension to help keep your truck level, maintain even load distribution and increase your vehicle's stability. Now, hauling heavy loads as you know or towing a heavy trailer can make the rear of your truck sag and and the front rise. So, that's gonna put more strain on your rear axle. It's going to reduce the contact between your front tires and the road, causing problems with braking, steering, control and traction.
So, by adding air springs to your rear suspension, you can help to level your truck and improve braking and handling. And these air springs will also help to level your headlight beams and reduce wear on your tires. The air pressure in these springs can be adjusted manually, side to side to compensate for off-center loads. And a centered load as you know is going to improve the stability of your truck by reducing body roll. The air springs will also help to absorb road shock and to soften the contact between your axle and frame.
This is gonna prevent bottoming out, thus improving ride comfort. And you're gonna route the airline tubing for the springs through the bumper of your truck to provide easy access to the manual inflation valves. These double convoluted air springs are made here in the USA. These are designed to give you maximum load support and enhance the performance and ride comfort of your truck. These rubber springs provide cushioning between your suspension components.
They operate from 5 PSI up to 100 PSI. The springs have four layers of reinforced rubber to ensure durability and enhanced load support. A braided wire girdle creates the double convoluted shape of each air spring, increasing the burst pressure of the spring. And these rubber springs are attached to corrosion resistant metal end plates with a time proven rolled crimp seal that's going to keep the back securely anchored. So, this kit includes that you see here on my table before me. You're gonna have all the necessary materials for installation. You're gonna get these custom fit brackets. Again, they are specifically designed for your 2023 and newer Colorado or Canyon. And you're going to get the hardware, the inflation valves, and everything that you need to get up and running with this kit. Now, switches and gauges and compressors and air tanks are sold separately from this kit, but they are available for quick and easy air spring inflation and deflation from inside of the cab of your truck. You can find those items on the related product section of this product page. And again, this kit does have a load leveling capacity of 5,000 pounds. But it is important to note that these Ride-Rite springs do not actually increase your vehicle's weight carrying capacity. So, you wanna make sure that you don't exceed the manufacturer's recommended weight limit. And I think I failed to mention instructions are gonna be included to guide you through the installation process. Well, that's gonna wrap up our look today. I do hope that it was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.
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