Video Transcript for Review of Hellwig Vehicle Suspension - Load Pro 35 Heavy Duty Helper Springs - HE74TR

Hi, everybody, Andy here with etrailer.com. Let's take a look at these Hellwig Load Pro 35 heavy duty helper springs. Now these springs have been designed to fit your 2003 to 2016 Sprinter 25 2500s and 3500s. And on custom-fit parts such as these springs, I do recommend taking advantage of our vehicle fit guide here at etrailer.com. Just input the year, make, and model of your vehicle, and our fit guide will confirm if these springs will work for you or if we have something comparable that will work for you. These custom helper springs have a load leveling capacity of 3,500 pounds, and they're going to install above your Sprinter's rear factory leaf springs to reduce sway and body roll while preventing sagging when towing or hauling heavy loads.

They're going to extend the life of your factory suspension, tires, and brakes. And these springs will flex with your leaf springs to help limit bouncing while providing optimal stability. Now this is going to be a bolt-on insulation, again, above your factory leaf springs, with the included custom insulation kit. And as you can see, I've attempted to take some of the hardware, the U-bolts, and things like that, and kind of place it where they're going to be during the installation, just to kind of give you an idea of what the installation's going to look like, but you will receive this hardware to bolt this on. And the driver's side and the passenger sides can be adjusted independently for uneven loads.

Now, I do wanna mention that if your Sprinter is equipped with a brake fluid proportioning valve, these constant rate springs are not recommended. Only progressive rate helper springs should be used, and you can find those options from Hellwig here at etrailer.com. Another item to mention is if your vehicle is equipped with a factory overload, it may be, a factory contact overload, rather, it may be necessary to remove that before installing the new helper springs. You'll want to consult the installation guide. And then finally, you wanna make sure that you don't install these on vehicles with composite or plastic leaf springs.

These Hellwig springs are robust, so if you install these with spring factory leaf springs that are plastic or composite, these springs could fracture those, just so you know. These are made here in the U.S.A., have a durable steel construction, so that's going to ensure long-lasting performance. And they do feature a silver vein hammer tone powder coat finish. That's gonna resist corrosion. And again, I mentioned that the weight capacity on these springs is 3,500 pounds, but Hellwig springs do not actually increase your Sprinter's weight-carrying capacity.

So, you wanna make sure that you don't exceed the weight-carrying capacity of your Sprinter. And these do have a lifetime warranty from Hellwig. If I forget, if I forgot to mention it, instructions are included to guide you through the installation process. But I think 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.