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Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2002 Ford Excursion- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2002 Ford Excursion, we're gonna be taking a look at and installing the Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs, part number: F2255. As we take our vehicle on our test course, you can see that it's going over our speed bumps here; it's a much rougher ride. Now, if we go down farther we get to our slalom course. As I'm making the turns it really doesn't feel as stable as I would like it to, and it just generally feels like I am hauling something extremely heavy in the back.We're gonna take our vehicle back through our test course over the bumps, and I can immediately tell you it's a much softer ride, and it just feels like I have a lot more control. Now, if I go down to the slalom part of the course, I can tell you immediately, the truck just feels like it wants to go faster and I have much more control, and I feel the steering much more responsive. As you can see here if look at both of them, the factory settings, you can see much more travel on the axle, whereas one with the air bags, it's gonna cushion that a little bit and give us a little bit more of a smoother ride. more
10/30/2017 2:37:32 PM
Firestone Ride-Rite Rear Air Helper Springs Installation - 2005 Ford Excursion- Video
Today on this 2005 Ford Excursion, we're going to review and install the Firestone Ride Right Air Helper Springs, part number F2251. This is what the airbags look like when they're installed, in this case we're looking at a driver's side, and with the kit you get the brackets that bolt to the side of the frame that use existing holes. Below our air spring has brackets that attach to the axle and spring pack and all the hardware is included for it as well. On top you can see your air line fitting and our air line that comes with the kit and runs towards the back of our vehicle. At the end, there's a bracket that's optional if you want to use it or not, simple little device, that goes onto the bottom edge of your hitch or top edge, whatever you'd like, and you've got your air valves connected to it, left and right side. A few good reasons to have airbags put onto your excursion, or any truck for that matter is that for different loads that you're carrying, for example, in this case here we're using a cargo carrier with a load in the back, and you don't want anything on the inside for your vehicle, and it brings it down somewhat. The airbags, of course, bring the truck back up to level and it handles better. This cargo carrier could also be a motorcycle carrier, maxing out the tongue weight of the hitch as well. more
10/29/2016 5:11:37 PM
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