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Heavy trailers, campers, or bed loads can push your rear suspension to its limits. The Hellwig Pro Series Helper Springs add up to 2,500 lbs of load-leveling capacity above your factory leaf springs to eliminate sag and keep your vehicle level. A level stance improves steering response and braking stability when towing or hauling serious weight, so your ride stays confident and predictable on the road.
Uneven pavement, dips, and turns can cause sway and bounce when the rear suspension is working hard. These helper springs flex with your factory leaf springs and use a progressive rate design that automatically adjusts stiffness as the load increases. The result is steadier handling, less body roll, and a smoother feel over bumps—without affecting ride quality when unloaded.
No one wants a suspension that rattles or squeaks under pressure. The Silent Ride urethane bushings in this setup cut down on noise and vibration so operation stays quiet even after long hauls. They also help isolate road harshness for a more controlled ride whether you’re towing a camper or carrying heavy tools in the bed.
Loads aren’t always perfectly balanced, and these helper springs give you flexibility to match them. The included U-bolts can be adjusted for different weights, and each side can be tuned independently to compensate for uneven loads. It’s an easy bolt-on installation above your factory leaf springs with mounting hardware included, giving you a tailored setup without complicated modifications.
Every component on these helper springs is engineered for long-term performance. The heavy-duty steel construction stands up to regular towing and hauling, while the silver vein hammer tone powder coat finish prevents corrosion from road grime and weather. Once installed, you get lasting support that extends the life of your suspension, tires, and brakes while keeping your truck ready for whatever load comes next.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi everyone. Aiden here at Etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the line of Hellwig Pro Series Helper Springs. This is gonna be a great solution to help enhance your suspension and help protect the factory suspension on your truck. Let's check it out. Now, the first thing to know is that these come in a variety of different shapes and sizes.
The ones in my hand are not the exact same as the ones installed on the truck behind me. So what you wanna do is take your vehicle information and plug it into our fit guide. Your year, make, model, will have a set of these that work for it, and that's the one you wanna pick up. So you can find the right one for you and your truck and they all install about the same way. I mean, it's the same idea where you've got U-bolts attaching this to your leaf springs, and for the most part, they will function the exact same way too.
So the idea behind these springs is that they become a maintenance free enhancement for your suspension, allowing you to get more support on maybe some bumpier, heavier loads and still let your truck ride at a normal ride height and bring it back to that factory ride height quicker. Rather than maybe hitting a big bump with a heavy trailer and your truck and trailer taking a long time to correct before again, you've just hit another bump. So it's gonna smooth out the ride quality, hopefully bring you out a little bit more level and do things like align your headlights and improve the contact that your front tires are making on the ground because we're sagging less. Now because these work in tandem with your factory leaf springs, it's also going to help reduce the stress on those, helping your factory suspension components last a little bit longer and not having them flex near as much because they have those helper springs, helping them out and reducing the amount that they have to work. And they are somewhat adjustable.
And what I mean by that is during the initial install process, there's gonna be some outer U-bolts that you tighten down a certain amount, tighten them down more, and you're gonna apply more preload, essentially causing these to engage a bit quicker and helping out with those heavier loads a bit quicker. Don't thread them in as much and you're not gonna feel it as much. It's gonna be more true to factory ride quality and better for the lighter loads. We've got ours set right in the middle right now, so after continued use we can re-evaluate and see what we need to do, but chances are you're gonna set it and maybe change it once to fit your needs a bit better after towing with it for a little bit and probably just leave it there. This isn't like an airbag where you've got that on demand filling or letting out air pressure to accommodate for a wide range of different trailers.
This is for your one trailer and truck combination that you can set and really dial it in because with an option like a sumo spring or a timber in, you're stuck with just that one setting. And if it doesn't quite work for your truck and trailer combination, you're gonna find yourself in a pinch where it just doesn't work super well. Whereas with this, if it doesn't work out of the gate as we want it, we can adjust it a bit and fine tune it from there. And that'll do it for our look at the line of Hellwig Pro Series Helper Springs. Thanks for watching.
Ratings & Reviews
Lazer S.
2/3/2026
Well dang, sorry to hear they aren't working too well for you, Mike. Rams do tend to have softer suspension than other brands (which is why they ride so nice) and tend to need heavier duty options for staying level. Have you thought about a different upgrade?
Katrina D.
3/15/2024
I am sorry that you had to resort to getting new hardware for your installation. I am glad that the manufacturer is sending you some new hardware. It is easy to overtighten the hardware, which results in the hardware stripping. I am not saying that is necessarily what happened in this situation, but we always recommend to make sure that we torque only to the specs in the instructions.
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Christopher H.
9/3/2026
That's some pretty intense terrain! Glad these improved your squat and handling on those trips. Appreciate you taking the time to share this.