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2,000-lb Capacity. Level your vehicle when you're hauling a heavy load with these Ride Control air springs. The adjustable springs improve overall stability and ride quality, eliminate rear sag, and reduce strain on your factory suspension.
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Ride Control gives the suspension system on your light-to-medium-duty truck, van or SUV unrivaled support. With these air springs installed, you'll experience the same comfortable, smooth and safe ride that you're used to enjoying when you're not hauling. Plus, Ride Control reduces the strain that heavy loads can put on your vehicle, saving you money in potential repairs.
Everything on your vehicle suffers from the stress of hauling or towing heavy loads - your brakes, your tires and your handling ability. Even your headlight aim can be thrown off. Without some kind of reinforcement for your factory suspension system, you could be putting the life expectancy of your vehicle at risk. Air Lift's adjustable air spring kit, Ride Control, gives your suspension the extra support it needs when you are carrying heavy cargo. By providing equal load distribution, Ride Control lessens the stress that your truck has to endure.
Ride Control's air bags are adjustable from 5 to 100 psi, so you can get the perfect amount of support for any size load. And the springs can be inflated independently of one another for front-to-rear and side-to-side leveling. The system's also easy to install and even easier to maintain.
Ride Control comes with manual inflation valves that are typically mounted on the bumper but can be installed anywhere on your vehicle for easy access. For even more convenience and control, you can add a compressor and gauge system (sold separately), which will let you monitor and automatically inflate your air springs.
An exclusive alignment tool is included with your Ride Control kit. This tool allows you to install each air spring so that it is centered perfectly between your vehicle's leaf spring and frame. This helps to prevent damaged caused by the spring rubbing against underbed components, ensuring lasting suspension support.
Air Lift kits are designed to keep your vehicle at normal ride height. You can find the normal ride height of your vehicle by unloading it and measuring the distance between the bottom edge of your wheel well and the center of the hub. After you find and record this distance, you can regulate the amount of air that you put into your air springs to maintain normal ride height - even when you are hauling a heavy load. You will need to adjust the air pressure in your air bags according to the size of your load.
These adjustable air springs come with a lifetime warranty with no mileage restrictions. In addition, Air Lift is so sure that you will benefit from their air spring suspension system that they offer a 60-day satisfaction guarantee. Install and use Ride Control springs for 60 days, and if you are not satisfied at the end of this time, you can remove them from your vehicle and return them for a full product refund. Now that's confidence.
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Ellen: Hey everyone. I'm Ellen here at etrailer.com. We're going to be taking a quick look at the Airlift ride control air helper springs for the rear axle. So these are going to help alleviate a lot of issues that can happen in your vehicle, whenever you're trying to tow something or putting something a load in the back of your truck. A lot of times that causes squat in your vehicle and can kind of weigh things down, loads up your suspension. So it's just not riding as comfortably as it should.
And it can also raise, as it lowers down, it can kind of raise up that front end of your vehicle as well, and that can affect your steering, your braking and your headlight beams, as far as where they're pointed. So a lot of issues can happen from that.These are going to help to alleviate those issues by bringing us back up to factory ride height, helping to support our OEM suspension, so we can spread out that weight over another component and keep those things working longer. Now, I will say that if you have an older vehicle, which these are a fit for the 10th generation Ford F-150, so that's going to be the 2000 oh excuse me, the 1997 through 2004 Ford F150, kind of getting to be an older vehicle at this point. And if you have any shocks or springs that are not working properly, or they're broken, or they're in need of repair or replacement, this isn't the fix for it. You need to have a working suspension system in order to use these properly.
So this isn't a bandaid for a suspension problems, but if something is just kind of a little older and it just needs a little bit of help, these are a great option to do that, to make sure that again, everything's riding at factory height.Comes with everything you see here so we'll have our two bags, one for either side and all the hardware, all the quarter inch line to get everything run and plumbed. So pretty straightforward, as far as the installed is the sleeve style bag. It also comes with an adjuster to help you get these guys in place or an alignment tool to get those in place. So there's no cutting or drilling required with these just pretty much goes right into factory spots. So you shouldn't have too much issue getting these installed.
You can also add a compressor with these bags, if you prefer.It's kind of a big financial investment, usually to get a compressor. And with these bags, they're kind of more of a standard duty or even light duty, I would say because they're only going to give you about 2000 pounds of load leveling capacity that doesn't increase your load carrying capacity for your Ford truck, but it just helps to support that amount of weight. But compressor is really more for if you're going to be towing all the time or you know you're always going to have a load in your vehicle and you want to make sure that these are always inflated. It's totally fine to get one, but it can just be a little bit of an investment.So it's kind of up to you of how often you're going to be using these. It might not be a bad idea if you're trying to kind of use these all the time to give you that ride comfort in your truck, you can get a compressor.
That's either a manual inflation valve or wireless one. I would maybe go with a manual just because it's a little bit more straightforward and you don't have to worry about wireless and all that kind of stuff, but it's totally up to you. We have all kinds of options available here at etrailer.com single pass, dual pass, all that good stuff so check it out if you're interested.But again, as far as this kit is concerned, our load leveling capacity is 2000 pounds. Doesn't increase the overall payload of your truck. It's just there to support that amount of weight. If you think of it kind of in weightlifting terms, it doesn't help you max out at a higher weight. It just helps you do more reps at that Max. If that kind of helps to figure that out. The pressure goes from five PSI up to a 100 PSI so you want to always make sure that there's at least five pounds of pressure in the bags at all times. That's where that compressor comes in handy. Cause you can check that with that compressor rather than having to find another place to do it. It is also covered by a lifetime warranty and a 60 days satisfaction guarantee from airlift and they are made in the USA.That's pretty much all there is to it for our quick look at the airlift ride control air helper Springs. I hope this has been helpful in deciding if this is the right kit for you. We do have a lot of other suspension components available here at etrailer.com. So check them out. Thanks for watching.
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (214 Customer Reviews)
2,000-lb Capacity. Level your vehicle when you're hauling a heavy load with these Ride Control air springs. The adjustable springs improve overall stability and ride quality, eliminate rear sag, and reduce strain on your factory suspension.Very easy to install (approximately 2hrs.) On a 2002 Ford F150 4x4 Supercrew.
I intend on getting a slide in camper so I think they will work perfectly for that application
great company to work with, they sent me a new air bag when mine had a leak and the shipping was fast. the install was a little difficult, had to drill holes in the frame. i have the silverado 1500 classic 07 so most aftermarket parts need some modifications anyways. i’m now able to haul comfortably without “trailer squat”
Pretty decent instructions,did it in my garage,basic tools to install (for me anyway). Took me about 1.5 hours to do the first side (learning curve), half that to do the other. Best $300 I have spent on a suspension mod - if you're struggling with hitch height, weight transfer/anti-sway devices or leveling issues, this is THE fix - add air as needed, and head out!
Product was as advertised, and the install went smoothly. Toyota Tacomas are infamous for sagging rear ends, and these air springs handle that well. For now I can only comment on installation, as I've yet to load the truck with a heavy trailer. All parts can be mounted comfortably by jacking up the rear axle and removing a wheel. I didn't have any alignment troubles, and the instructions were specific to these parts and my truck. Buyers should be aware that air springs require regular checks to make sure they are inflated to a minimum pressure. I can easily reach in and squeeze the spring to check inflation, and it's faster than pulling out a pressure gage.
The airbags are working great for me! They defiantly make the ride of the truck a lot smoother. However, I did have one bag pop on me due to having the psi at 80 and then driving up a very uneven driveway with some momentum.. I ordered a new one and replaced it no problem.
installed in hotel parking lot skeptical at first(thought the airbag would be thicker but its not a semi truck) would suggest a jackstand so you can lower spring to get room for bag works nice
Every peice was there, directions were easy to follow.I watched the installation video 2 times really helps when you use the manual. Just installed today haven't tested yet but it's not a wimpy kit fit my truck perfect aired up nice non drilling no surprises, very happy with the purchase.
The AirLift system we talked about a couple weeks ago was sent to my daughter, Kristi's house. I installed it yesterday. I'm on the road, which isn't the best place to do the installation. My father in law didn't have any socket wrenches so I started with a couple 9/16 open end wrenches. These don't work for everything. I went to the local hardware store and bought what I needed. The driver side went on much easier. The hardest bolt was the top one requiring the socket wrench to hold the nut inside the frame. I had to feel for the nut since it was hidden next to an existing frame bolt. I was able to simply jack the back of the truck up at the hitch to gain clearance. I didn't have to remove the wheels. The nylon lock nut was fun to tighten. AirLift should have supplied a simple wrench for this. I found a vice grip needle nose plier worked well enough.
Here are three photos. First is passenger side, second tries to show where top nut goes, third is drivers side. I have then filled to 28psi and will check them this morning.
Install these on my 2015 Chevy Colorado. I pull a fairly big travel trailer and although it's no problem pulling it I had noticed that over the last couple of years the rear of the truck was gradually sagging more. The AirLift fixed it right up.
The ride now inspires more confidence and I definitely have more control over the whole rig.
Installation was fairly easy. I'm pretty handy but quite green when it comes to vehicles so I would say it's accessible to anyone with a handy thumb. I even managed to install them without removing the wheels. It took a bit longer and required more up and down with the car jack but since I did it a couple of hours at a time over a couple of days it allowed me to still drive during the installation process.
I'm am a huge fan and would recommend it to anyone.
Install was simple. Took me 2 1/2 hours by myself, plus my buddy 1 hour to weld on a nice bracket for the air valves on the back bumper (see pics). Instructions were confusing and nomenclature did not match parts, but I eventually got it figured out. There are also two spots in the instructions that tell you not to tighten certain nuts down so that you can adjust the bags later, but it never tells you when or how to tighten them later.
I recommend you jack up the rear axle and remove the rear tires so you have plenty of room to move around and install this.
System looks really nice on the pickup, and you can hardly tell there's anything on there unless you are looking closely. Even while almost empty, the bags push the rear of the pickup up a little bit which looks cool. And it seems to ride smoother now too. I have not tried it with pulling cargo or a trailer yet, and will update this review if I don't notice anything good.
Overall the install went well. I had to cold bend the upper brackets to fit properly. The upper bracket has an oval cut out to receive the top of the airbag. A nylon nut and serrated washer is used to connect the airbag to the upper bracket. I didn't like the fact that that connection could slide back and forth in the oval. So I cut a piece of plate to fit in the oval and welded it. Then I set both upper and lower brackets in place figured out the layout and drilled around hole to receive the upper nipple of the airbag. Rock solid set up that way. The truck is in the process of receiving an aluminum flatbed.
I installed the airlift support this afternoon. I had removed Timbren
Shocks which are just hard rubber shocks that mount to the factory spring
bumper support. The airlift required drilling out the rivets and removing
this OEM support.
Here are pictures of the left and right units installed on my truck. I
already have an Air Lift pump and rear bags on the rear of my truck.
When I put my plow on then I will see how well these perform and any sag or
how much lift. I have a 7"-6" Western Pro Plow for my 1987 GMC V-2500 4x4.
As a note, I was missing hardware from that hardware package. I had to look
through my own stock in order to complete the install. If it is at all
possible, I would be most appreciative if you could get AirLift to provide a
hardware package that was complete.
I also install the mirrors on my GMC. I have my 102" wide 20 foot cargo
trailer connected to my truck and will be using that in a few days. I am
hoping they will give me a better rear vision of the sides of my trailer.
When I get it on the road, I will have a better idea on what to comment.
When I do, I will send pictures. I don't plan on keeping them on the truck
all the time, just when I used the cargo trailer.
Was a great product while it lasted however we only got about 2 months of use out of it before the airbags popped
Give etrailer a chance to price match their competitors. I called and within a few minutes Allison had my order entered. Parts shipped same day and price match credit card refund soon followed.
I installed these air lifts nearly a year ago and they have been a great addition to my 96 Ford Ranger. I haul firewood and also have a small pop-up camper, with these air lifts I feel significantly less body roll and less porpoising when my truck is loaded. They were reasonably easy to install and have been durable thus far.
I ran this Air Lifters a 2015 Chevy Colorado and loved them. That in particular I had a 2 inch leveler on the front and the Air Lift on the rear kept the truck at the right height when a load was being pulled. I also ran 15-20 pounds in them on that daily and the ride was noticeably better.
Now fast forward to present time I have a 2023 Chevy Colorado and just finished the install today. Easy installation and the same quality as the last set. There is no reason not to run these on a truck in my opinion. The overall ride improvement is noticeable.
I found needs to be extremely helpful. I have a 1997 Econoline 150 Ford van. It was a conversion van so lots of extra weight. The back leaf springs were obviously struggling as it rode low without a trailer or any significant load. After installing the air springs, and charging them 1/3 of capacity Or 35 PSI, the ride drastically improved. Shortly after installing them I pulled a 24 foot trailer with a medium load on it, and it drastically improved the ride compared to pulling a trailer previously. Highly recommended and cheaper than new high-quality leaf springs.
I did have trouble finding someone to install the air helper springs. Once installed they did very well. In my situation, the springs on my truck were wore out. I have ordered new springs and plan on putting the air helper springs on with the new springs for help when pulling my camper. I do recommend this item, but remember, they are called "helper" for a reason and will not cure a deep seated spring problem!
Product arrived in just a couple of days and was very easy to install. Only took an hour. When I filled the system with air I found a leak on the bag itself. Called Rebecca at etrailer and she gave me the number to air lift and she would check with me in a couple of days. I called airlift and had a new bag in two days. Rebecca did email me and ask if everything was ok. Hooked the camper up and tried it out and man did it work great. This was a great buying experience and will soon purchase the on board air compressor from etrailer
I installed these on my 2021 Tacoma. They lasted less than one month. In addition to the horrid ride at a very low pressure, they no longer held air once I really needed the lift. I found that both bags were torn. There was not enough room between the frame and top of the leaf springs to keep them from getting smashed when hitting bumps. Bummer!
I'm very pleased with these airbags. Saved $100 versus the competition. The kit is specific to the model and year of my truck and fit perfectly. I'm 66, handy with a wrench, but not a mechanic. I completed the installation by myself in a couple of hours without a lift. The instructions are clear but I found it helpful to also watch the u-tube video as I went through the steps. (Better pictures) My F-150 has plenty of power but soft suspension which makes for a comfortable ride when empty but sat down low with a heavy trailer. I can pump up the airbags and level out the load. I made several trips with a 20' deckover trailer carrying 10,000 pounds of produce and had no problems. I'm wishing I had also purchased and installed the built-in air compressor. I will probably add it later. I air up at the farm before adding a load and I carry a twenty dollar 12 volt compressor in the tool box just in case I have an unexpected load. This doesn't add to the hauling capacity of my truck but it keeps my headlights on the road and not in the trees.
Working around the Tahoe fuel tank is a killer of time. I got both sides install. The Tahoe Rear Axle Bumper Brackets front mount bolt is in the same location as the lower rear Air Lift kit mount bolt. Got bolts installed but the installation should warn you to review carefully before drilling the holes for the mounting bracket.
The air fitting take a 1/2 inch wrench. Instructions say 7/16 wrench.
etrailer has always been great! Thank y ou.
Haven't installed yet but super excited seams it's just what I ordered very happy so far
Very nice kit, great directions with great illustrations, I would definitely recommend the product, lifted the truck back up level and it , steers great!! Thank you
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