Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle
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2021 Ram 3500
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2021 Ram 3500 - Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle
- Rear Axle Suspension Enhancement
- Air Springs
- Heavy Duty
- Firestone
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 Ram 3500 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.
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.
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.
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.
W217602615 Firestone Ride Rite Air Bags - Suspension Kit - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle
2615
Replaces Firestone 2560
Item # F2615
Installation Details
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Customer Reviews
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle - F2615
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (2410 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.by: Oscar11/08/2023
Easy installation instructions,looks great works great no leaks holds set pressure. In the future I will install pump ,to inflate and deflate as needed.
by: Ted10/08/2022
This kit was easy to install in a short amount of time using only common hand tools, the only problem I have is that the fittings for the air springs keep leaking, I have pulled the tubing back out and made sure the ends are cut square in installed correctly but they are still leaking. If it wasn't for this problem I would've rated this kit as excellent, overall still a very good kit, I just need to find some fittings that don't leak.
by: Robert12/15/2023
2023 Ram3500
The inner diameter of the Flat washers provided to mount the u-bolts were too small and were unusable.
by: Craig 11/04/2023
2016 Dodge Ram Pickup
Made a world of difference in 5th wheel bottoming out causing a rough ride on Ram 3500. Does cause a little stiffer ride with no load inflated to 5 psi
by: Dennis 08/29/2023
2013 Dodge Ram Pickup
Extremely satisfied with purchase, ride is 80% better while towing 42ft 5th wheel with ram dually and also while not towing I drop pressure to 13 psi which takes a lot of the bump shock out of the ride . Satisfied customer.
by: David03/30/2023
Detailed instructions on easy to follow. Also, shipment was very fast, two days.
by: 2015 Ram 3500 CCLB05/01/2022
2015 Ram3500
2015 Ram 3500 CCLB, Kit was received in a timely manner. Good packaging, no damaged components. I read the directions several times so I had a clear path to install. Directions are very specific without confusion.
Install: Took me about 3hrs. Could have been quicker, but I wasn't racing anybody. Very methodical about how everything was installed. Everything went just as the directions detailed. 1 missing note: no comment about the E Brake cable interfering with the L upper bracket. Cable settled into a reasonable position to prevent damage to the cable housing. Air fittings on top of bags: can be difficult to tighten due to the limited space. Use caution to prevent damage to the fittings.
I did use a compression "T" to combine both lines to 1 fill fitting. No really good place to put the fittings at the back of the truck. The supplied mount doesn't work with the round hitch on my Ram. I routed the air line up to the fuel door. Clean install and less chance of damage.
A suggestion for the manufacturer: Don't apply thread lock to the fasteners or air fittings. The thread lock on the upper bracket bolts created such an interference that I couldn't secure the bolt without breaking 1 of my 6mm Hex bit sockets. Also, thread sealant on the air fittings makes it extremely difficult to turn the fittings in the tight space. It would be better to supply a small tube of liquid thread lock and a small tube of liquid thread sealant in the kit.
by: James 02/22/2023
Pontiac Montana
These air bags work exactly as advertised. Easy installation. They provide excellent suspension support when we are towing our Montana fifth wheel which has a pin weight of 3400 pounds. It levels everything out and provides an excellent ride. The best part it our headlights are level as well.
by: Nick n03/02/2024
2020 Ram3500
Easy to install
by: JKM04/10/2023
2019 Ram3500
This is the 4th truck I have installed Firestone bags on. Took a little longer than an hour, instructions/pictures were good. Last set lasted 12 years.
by: Travis 09/22/2023
Haven’t installed it yet but customer service was great and it showed up when it said it would.
by: Richard 04/13/2023
This kit is easy to instal with clear instructions. Improved my towing.
by: Todd 07/06/2022
This is my 4th set of Ride-Rite air helper springs and just like the last 3, they've worked flawlessly. I've been using them on my work trucks for years, and they are very effective when towing/hauling heavy loads, or even just to rake a truck back out after adding a front leveling kit. Huge bang for buck. Highly recommend.
by: Raymond 06/21/2023
Product was as expected and received it quickly. The package was complete and in excellent condition.
by: Lynn05/09/2022
Dodge Ram Pickup
Ordered my Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs for my Ram 3500 and put them on myself. Being 71 and laying on the concrete floor I had to take a couple breaks but had them on and leakless in probably 6 hours. Teamed them up with a compressor with a fob and man I feel like a real trucker.
Bags have really stabilized my truck when hauling my pickup camper eliminating any roll. Couldn't be happier.
Great dealing with etrailer good price and very prompt delivery.
by: Alan 08/26/2022
Extremely pleased with the Firestone system. Does a great job of leveling out the truck and installation was fairly easy.
by: Michael 04/24/2020
2019 Dodge Ram Pickup
Installed the F2615 air bag kit on my 2019 Ram 3500 4X4. I’m happy with the quality of the kit, and the installation was easily done in the driveway without jacking up the truck.
If it helps someone: I had previously installed a 1.5” leveling kit in the front end which was perfect. But now with the air bags lifting the rear a little, I wish I had installed the 2” leveling kit in the front.
by: Josh04/26/2022
2019 Ram3500
The air bags have performed great so far (I’ve done one trip)
I installed myself which only took about 2 1/2 hrs. I miss read the directions a couple times. Only thing the directions don’t say is if you over turn then back up the threaded air connector you might get a leak with just the factory thread sealant. Had to pull off and put tape on one connector.
by: Michael 11/16/2022
Very Very impressed with the prompt service and ease of installation of the air bags
by: Brian01/15/2021
I am not a big fan of the Firestone kit. It was not difficult to install until it came to the air fitting on top of the air inlet on the bags. Not a very good design at all and this kit didn’t come with roll plates like I received in the last Air Lift system I purchased and not nearly as well engineered.
If I had it do over again I would have purchased another Air Lift system.
by: Jamie 09/18/2021
2021Ram3500
Easy installation on the ground with hand tools. I mounted the air valves in front of my bed toolbox and needed every bit of the supplied tubing to get to the passenger side bag.
by: Ron03/25/2022
2018 Dodge Ram Pickup
30 minute install. Works great. Ram 3500 high output Cummins. 42 foot fifth wheel. 18,000 lbs
2750 lbs weight on the hitch. Keeps it level and smooth.
by: Sidney 01/14/2022
Dodge Ram Pickup
Fairly easy install and helps keep my Ram level when I'm hooked to the toy hauler or my machinery flatbed trailer.
by: Mark 02/21/2021
I have installed it on two trucks. It provides stability and greater handling. It prevents excessive tire wear on the front tires as it keeps the truck level.
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Ted
10/15/2023
The kit has worked well over the last year, I air up and down almost on a daily basis depending on the load Im carrying at the time, I do this manually since I have on board.