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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 truck when you are hauling heavy loads or towing a heavy trailer. The springs partner with your existing rear suspension system to help keep your truck level, maintain even load distribution, and increase stability. Hauling heavy loads or towing a heavy trailer can make the rear of your truck 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 truck and improve braking and handling. The air springs also help to level your headlight beams and reduce wear on your tires.
The air pressure in the Ride-Rite springs can be adjusted manually, side to side, to compensate for off-center loads. A centered load improves the stability of your truck by reducing body roll. The air springs will also help to absorb road shock and 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 truck's bumper to provide easy access to the manual inflation valves.
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 truck. The rubber springs provide cushioning between your suspension components and operate at up to 100 psi. The springs have four 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.
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 is required for installation.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (1764 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.Great bags. But Firestone needs different 5th gen lower brackets.
The carriage bolt was rubbing my hard brake lines. I had to space them out with washers. I ended up installing the Daystar cups and just not using the lower bracket. Personal opinion is it should come with cups instead. All in all the bags are great. Only issue was the rubbing.
Installation was easy but instructions not really clear, etrailer's video made it a little clearer. I will try them out next week with my 5th wheel. Installed on a 2016 Ram 2500.
Well I got it all installed. The printed instructions are somewhat lacking. So I watched the video, and that contradicts some items, ie, the bottom brackets.
There is nothing saying that both are the same, there are no left/right bottom brackets, they are the same, the notches go forward. It would of been helpful to say that they are the same, I thought I got a wrong bracket trying to understand the offset bottom allen screw hole, one side is different from the other.
Also the printed instructions are different from the video in which hole the long carriage bolts use. The video fails to mention any of this, but I was able to see how it was "suppose" to look with the video dude doing the install. Otherwise I'd of been guessing.
The third and biggest PITA was the passenger side bracket, it did not allow for the 3/8 in bolt holes to line up. By shoving the two bolts in the outside holes, enough to hold the pieces, and with a good titanium pry bar, I was able to bend the bracket just enough for the top brackets to fall into place, and thus the 3/8 inch bolts slid in easily. But where it slightly bent was on the flat area aligned with the two top air spring mount bolts. I was not happy. But it's not a jet engine, so I guess it'll work.
The brake lines that are in the way, I used a pry bar and bent the bracket holding them outwards, making sure I had 1/4 inch of clearance.
bone up fellows, write up some better instructions. It's not my job nor other buyers here.
I ordered and received these in 2 days. Instructions for installation we're straight forward. Self installing these will take a few hours but money saved is money earned. The only downside I had was the air lines are really hard to fish through the frame being as rigid as they are. Using tools to help route them is almost required (baling wire, fish tape, locator flags, etc.)
Super easy to install. Highly recommend removing the tires and spring pressure prior to installation so you have room to work with. I used a second jack to reset the spring pressure during the dry fit and marking phase so everything would be back in normal alignment.
I think the product was great. The only flaw was that the air valve holder was broken. I used super glue and put it back together and it seems to be holding. This will allow me to level my truck when pulling my camper.
Product works as advertised. Zero issues after 1 yr. Installation is fairly simple except the passenger side bracket needs a little modification to fit properly. ETRrailer is always great to work with. Fast and accurate service.
Easy to install and easy to use. Significantly improved the ride when hauling a heavy triple axle trailer. Highly recommend for both value and price. 2022 Dodge Ram 2500
Like the air bags. There was only one problem, the two fill valves were bad. Tried removing and re-cutting the poly tubing twice to make sure they were straight cuts but didn't solve the leaks. Ordered two new ones from and auto supply company and all is good.
Thanks!
Jan a - 05/01/2022The products are good and fairly easy to install. However, the fitting at the top of the airbag has to be perfectly lined up when installed. I had to back up one fitting to get it aligned properly. The fittings and hose are a one time use - push in & it’s locked. I put the entire leveling system together & it leaked at the fitting I had to back up - Maybe an 1/8 of a turn. The way this system is made I had to take this entire side apart and I had to order a new fitting. Once the system was completed it has worked fine and made a difference in towing my fifth trailer. I recommend the manufacturer include a spare fitting.
So far they seem to work great just riding around the neighborhood. Haven't had to hook up and tow a trailer or put weight in the bed yet. The only hiccup I had was the one photo without the red hose going to it you can see the bolt would not lineup on the passenger side upper bracket I had to take channel locks and squeeze Tightly to get the bolt through both sides. The bracket just needs bent a little bit from factory. This was for the 2022 ram 2500. Other than that the install was probably 2 hours for myself an hour a piece I would say. Be sure to put a fresh blade on a Utility knife when cutting red plastic air line, I used the factory pre cut sides to put those into the airbags themselves, And put the cut ends that I cut myself into my air fittings in the back that way if there were any leaks which I had one I could easily remove without jacking up the truck,removing tire, etc. and trying to get it off of the airbag
Air bags work great! Not too bad of an install. Overall a good product
Supper easy to install had it done in less than 4hrs fast shipping
The product was complete and the instructions were good. However, the passenger top metal needed extra effort to get to get it to fit together and get the top bolts through. Driver side fit was excellent.
The left side was not used but someone had attempted to install and returned it. I had to tap the threads on the bottom. Directions need to add in spacer for Rear brake line mount extension. Bags work great.
Pretty simple install. Takes longer to jack up the truck remove and replace the wheels than to install these air bags.
This product has been serving me very well thus far. Everything was simple to install and even easier to use. Makes towing my 5th wheel nice and smooth while keeping my truck at optimal ride height. Perfect fit for the 2016 Ram 2500 with rear coils.
You won't be disappointed with these Firestone air bags. Very well designed and a pretty easy install. If I had anything to do over again I would remove the tires to make the install a little easier.
Great products and great communication. Definitely have my recommendation for future purchases.
Blair - 06/08/2022Etrailer communicated the delivery would be delayed, much appreciated!! Relatively new customer of Etrailer, and this purchase was very friendly, both delivery and price.
John C - 11/25/2021I would not even consider any other airbag besides Firestone! No offense AirRide!
The air helper springs work exactly like I wanted, my camper trailer would drop the rear end nearly 4", these have leveled everything out, which makes pulling the trailer much safer for me
Great product easy to install I chose to run my lines through the license plate bolts easier access and it works for me
Excellent service. Product arrived on day promised before 10am ! I was concerned about the clanking noise the package made when it was dropped off. Parts were packed loose in the shipping carton. Air springs were not wrapped to prevent damage from metal brackets. Will have to fill them with air to make sure they were not punctured during shipment.
DM - 07/15/2017easy install bags work great, almost 70K with zero malfunctions
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