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Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle

Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle

Item # F2176
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2012 Chevrolet Silverado

3500 - Cab and Chassis

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2012 Chevrolet Silverado - Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle

  • Air Springs
  • Rear Axle Suspension Enhancement
  • Firestone
  • Heavy Duty

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 Chevrolet Silverado level, and adjust to load size for a consistently smooth ride.


Features:

  • Maximize safe load-carrying capacity, increase stability and improve ride quality
    • Install between your vehicle's frame and its rear suspension
  • Keep your vehicle level when you are hauling a heavy load
    • Improve steering control and braking when you are hauling or towing
    • Level your headlight beams
    • Reduce tire wear
  • Maintain even load distribution with air pressure, leveling off-center loads
    • Air bags adjust manually, side to side, with individual inflation valves
  • Reduce strain on rear suspension
    • Prevent permanent sagging and excessive friction in leaf springs
  • Increase stability
    • Absorb road shock for a smooth ride
    • Soften contact between axle and frame to prevent bottoming out
  • Provide maximum load support and durability with rubber construction and double-convoluted design
  • Include all materials necessary for installation
    • Brackets, air springs, hardware, air line and separate valves for manual inflation
    • Switches and gauges, compressors, and air tanks (sold separately) are available for quick and easy air spring inflation/deflation from inside your vehicle
  • Made in the USA


Specs:

  • Load-leveling capacity: 5,000 lbs
    • Ride-Rite springs will not increase your vehicle's weight-carrying capacity. Do not exceed the manufacturer's recommended weight limit.
  • Adjustable air pressure: 5 psi to 100 psi
  • Limited lifetime warranty on air springs
  • 2-Year limited warranty on hardware


Note: The construction material of the fittings may vary.


Firestone Ride-Rite Air Spring Basics

Firestone Ride-Rite springs are designed to increase safety and reduce the strain on your vehicle when you are hauling heavy loads or towing a heavy trailer. The springs partner with your existing rear suspension system to help keep your vehicle level, maintain even load distribution and increase stability. Hauling heavy loads or towing a heavy trailer can make the rear of your vehicle 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 vehicle and improve braking and handling. The air springs also help to level your headlight beams and reduce wear on your tires.


Firestone Ride-Rite air spring airline installation

Adjustable Air Pressure

The air pressure in your Ride-Rite springs can be adjusted manually, side to side, to compensate for off-center loads. A centered load improves the stability of your vehicle by reducing body roll. The air springs will also help to absorb road shock and to 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 vehicle's bumper to provide easy access to the manual inflation valves.


Firestone Ride-Ride air spring components

Air Spring Construction

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 vehicle. 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.


Firestone Ride-Rite air spring installation

Air Spring Installation

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. Drilling may be required for some applications.



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Average Customer Rating:  4.7 out of 5 stars   (2446 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.

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Brakets for air bags wouldystay in place and caused air bag failure. Installed dual air bag system from another vendor and hadn’t had no more issues



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Dealing with Mr Roger was as pleasant of an experience as I could have had. Very courteous and helpful. I’ve put many sets of Firestone airbags on and always had good service from them with quality hardware and typically simple installation so I look for this kit to be no different.



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have not installed the kit just yet but everything arrived in a timely manner and if you want excellent customer service contact roger @ he does an amazing job at finding the correct parts for your job.

Onsite R.

4/10/2023

been a year since we installed these parts we have had no issues



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Purchased after trying to get in to a spring shop
after few months decided to go with this setup happy that I made this choice as the added springs would have made a stiffer ride these make it ride well
Installed on 2021 F350 dully with service body



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My shipment arrived ahead of schedule and as advertised. It was package very well and I am impressed with the quality and fit of the air springs I purchased. I am very pleased with etrailer.com and I highly recomend the firestone product and etrailer.com the vendor who sold them to me. I look forward to further dealings with them.

Russell M.

1/9/2018

My Firestone Air Springs as well as being a relatively easy install, are still doing their job perfectly. I installed them on a 2014 F350 that is loaded down with a steel bed, tool boxes and is fitted with an 1,100 lb. welding machine with 400 ft. of welding leads. I find that the air bags have held up well and I would not hesitate to recommend them along with etrailer.com



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Exactly what I wanted and was shipped quickly. Will definitely order from this company again. The communication was also above and beyond.



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Looks good!



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The airbags were easy to install. All of the parts were shaped right for my truck and there haven't been any problems. We are moving right now and I'm pulling a 32 foot gooseneck trailer full of furniture and other things and the ride is great!



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2001 Ford F-350, 450, and 550 Cab and Chassis

I ordered the wrong parts. I needed a replacement bellow. I blew a tire and the interior tire destroyed the bellow for my Firestone Ride-Rite air helper spring. I am not sure if Firestone don't provide enough information or if etrailer.com failed to provide enough information for replacement bellows. I had to re-order from a different supplier. The other supplier had the exact information to get the correct replacement bellows. This research was expensive and time consuming, but I finally got the correct part.



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All good THANKS!!



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Great air bags. Easy to install. Excellent shipping and customer service from etrailer.com.



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2006 Ford F-350, 450, and 550 Cab and Chassis

the best suspension air bag system on the market.



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Product delivered on time and is what I expected. Good communication from trailer.



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Ford F-450 Super Duty

Bought this to counter sagging springs in the rear of my f450. Great improvement. Would definitely do it again.



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So far so good we’ll find out if it actually fits. But up to this point service has been excellent



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Super fast delivery. And very helpful with the questions I had.



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2019 Ford F-350 Cab and Chassis



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Lori customer service was excellent



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2002 Ford F-350, 450, and 550 Cab and Chassis

fit perfect works great



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2023 Ford F-350 Cab and Chassis



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2022 Ford F-350 Super Duty


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