Video Transcript for Review of Firestone Vehicle Suspension - Ride Rite Air Helper Springs Rear Axle - F73VV

Hi everybody. Andy here with etrailer.com. Let's take a real quick look at these Firestone Ride-Rite double convoluted air helper springs for your rear axle. Now these have been designed to fit your 2022 and newer Nissan Frontier and on custom fit parts such as these air helper springs. I do recommend taking advantage of our vehicle fit guide here at etrailer.com. Simply 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 low leveling capacity of 5,000 pounds and they are designed to install between your vehicle's frame and its rear suspension to help increase safety and reduce the strain on your truck when you're hauling loads and towing trailers. And these springs are going to work with your existing rear suspension system to help keep your vehicle level. It's also gonna help maintain even load distribution, increase stability. As you know, hauling heavy loads or towing a heavy trailer can make the rear of your truck sag and the front end rise, that's gonna put more strain on your rear axle and it reduces the contact between your front tires and the road. That's gonna cause problems with braking, steering control, and traction.

So by adding air springs to the rear suspension, you're gonna actually be able to help level your truck and improve braking and handling. And these air springs are also gonna help to level your headlight beam to the front and reduce wear on your tires. Now the air pressure in these springs can be adjusted manually, side to side to compensate for off-center loads. As you know, a center load is going to improve the stability of your truck by reducing body roll, and the air springs will also help to absorb road shock, and to soften the contact between your axle and frame. This is gonna help prevent bottoming out, so it's gonna improve your ride comfort.

And then you're going to route the airline tubing for the springs to your truck's bumper to provide easy access to the manual inflation valves. So these double convoluted air springs are made here in the USA. They are designed to give you maximum load support, and enhance the performance and ride comfort of your truck. These rubber springs give you cushioning between your suspension components, and they operate from five up to 100 PSI. And these springs have four layers of reinforced rubber to ensure durability and enhanced load support.

The braided wire girdle is going to help create that double convoluted shape that you see here on each spring. So that's gonna help increase the burst pressure of the spring. And the rubber springs are attached to corrosion resistant metal plates with the time proven rolled crimp seal, that's going to keep those bags securely anchored. This includes everything that you see here on my table before me. You're gonna get instructions to guide you through the installation process. Custom fit brackets, as you can see, I do kind of have them loosely assembled just to kind of give you an idea of what everything's gonna look like underneath your truck when you have these assembled. But custom fit brackets, heat shield, hardware, airlines, cable ties, valves, everything that you're gonna need to get this installed. Now, switches and gauges and compressors and air tanks are sold separately from this, but they are available for quick and easy air springing inflation or deflation from inside the cab of your truck. You can find those items under the related product section on this product page. Now again, the load level of capacity is 5,000 pounds, but it is important to note that these Ride-Rite air helper springs do not actually increase your truck's weight carrying capacity. So you do wanna make sure that you're not exceeding your manufacturer's recommended weight limit for your truck. And if you do decide to pick this kit up, we would love to hear back from you regarding your experience with the installation and the operation. You can do that by dropping a comment or leaving a review on this product page. We would love to hear back from you. 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.