AIR LIFT 57215 LoadLifter 5000 Series Rear Air Spring Kit
- Fully adjustable air springs level your vehicle when towing or hauling a heavy load for a safe comfortable ride
- Eliminate sag and bottoming out and when all four tires are firmly on the ground, braking time and steering are both improved
- Rugged durable components including air springs and all hardware
- Easy to install with included instructions
- Up to 5000 pounds of leveling capacity
Senad Mustafovski
Awesome product, ride comfort is noticeable
First side took me an hour and half, because of drilling and figuring how to adjust my hitch bracket. Second side took 30 minutes to install. I bought this to eliminate sag when towing a 5th wheel. Awesome product, ride comfort is noticeable.
Vickie Sauvageau Cauthen
Great Value if You're Willing to do the Work
Love these things. I opted not to get the onboard air and just ran lines for both bags to a homemade bracket off the bottom of the back bumper. I installed them on a '99 F250 Super Duty 4x4 and have only really given them a workout once. I put 3000 lbs in the bed of the truck, aired up each bag to 60 psi and if you couldn't see the concrete blocks peaking up over the bed sides you wouldn't know anything was in there. On the drive home it felt like it was empty. It actually rode a little nicer than empty. Couldn't be happier with the results. No more driving around with a load on with the headlights pointing up in the air, rear end swaying all over the place on bumps, locking up the front brakes when stopping short. These keep the truck straight and level going down the road and it handles like it had that weight on there from the factory. Added bonus is you don't need to destroy your back any more by adding extra springs that don't give an inch when there's no load. Just let out the air and you're back to a factory riding truck. Can't wait to see how they handle the big trailer. I don't think I'll be disappointed. One thing of note, the upper bracket that mounts to the frame will not completely clear the recess that's there on the Ford frames. I had to take the spacers they provided for the Mopar applications and grind one to a taper for the part of each bracket that lands on the radius of that recess. I tried installing one without this and the thing had so much spring to it, it snapped the mounting bolt before I could torque it down all the way to spec. Installed the homemade taper spacers and it worked fine after that. As with most stuff that's universal fit, it often takes a little fabrication/modificaiton work to make the install happen. You have to drill holes in the frame and for my application you have to modify a couple spacers on the bench grinder. If you want something that just bolts on to the existing truck hardware, spend the extra coin and get the one that's specific to your application. Otherwise this setup is money and I wouldn't hesitate to max out its advertised capacity now that I've seen it in action. These will go on every truck I own from here on out now that I've seen how well they work.
Kolby Cook
The vehicle rock and sway are controlled and love the solid feeling while navigating winding roads
Why didn't I buy these air bags years ago? What a difference in handling and ride! No more "wagging dog tail" feeling when hauling the cab over camper. The vehicle rock and sway are controlled and love the solid feeling while navigating winding roads. The best $300 that I have spent on this truck! The truck stance is easy to level and simple to adjust for water and fuel weight. Use an onboard small hot dog type compressor and 20' of coiled hose to set tire and air bag pressures. Took my time to carefully install and route separate air lines into existing frame holes accessible in each wheel well. Took approximately 8 hours to install and would suggest that this is a more accurate install time estimate when working with floor jacks and typical power and hand tools.
Jared Hans Atienza
Lift my FORD Up !
Wow. Put these on an old FORD F-350 4x4 with a 460 V-8. I can pull a 36 foot toy hauler while keeping the front wheels on the ground. These AIR LIFT bags work well and were easy to install. They have lasted a long time of daily, off-road use pulling a heavy trailer.
Marcena C Caple
Load it with impunity.
I pulled off the overload springs. Removed the spacer and cut down the u bolts holding the spring stack to the axel. First pic shows the stock overloads. Second shot shows the finished install. Third is a close up. I did not opt for the onboard pump so I made a bracket out or a stick of 1 X 2 x 1/8 angle for the fill Schrader valves. Would buy again. 2000 F350 7.3 Diesel Crew cab long bed Single rear wheel 4X4.
Jody Fick
Really love these bags
Really love these bags. Much easier to install if you remove the bed but I did it without removing the bed and it wasn't bad. The first side I didn't remove the wheel. After struggling to reach in to drill the mounting holes I removed the wheel for the other side. They say these will hold 60+ psi but I run them with 18-20 and the suspension doesn't deflect much more than 2-3" with my backhoe and equipment trailer attached. I would suggest purchasing a panel mount 0-60 psi gauge and some extra air line to plumb it to your dash. The bags do leak down over the course of a month or so (by only 5-8 psi) so you should have an easy way to keep an eye on the pressure. I mounted the fill connector on my door pillar so I can fill the bags and watch the gauge at the same time, and inside it keeps crap out of the valve stem and gauge.
Lucky Day
Carries the load
My work trucks are always loaded with equipment or materials, a truck with a load rides different, and you get used to that. It was amazing the difference these air springs make amd wish I had them years ago. They aren't that hard to install, but it does require crawling around under the truck and reaching around and through things. To drill the frame does require taking the wheels off. If you are looking to "lift" your truck to ride tall with these, don't. They are for trucks that have loads. It's a load lifter, just like the name says, empty trucks won't benefit from these. One of my trucks has a service bed and that makes it sit low, these raise the back up to a normal ride height. I even tried it with a 2000lb load on the tail and put 65psi in the springs to make it look level, worked great. The truck handles great with a full load. Even with service bed I need to keep 15psi in them, but with a regular pickup that is empty 5psi is normal. After a truck is unloaded the pressure does need to be reduced or it will bounce more. The ride is quieter and smoother when the truck is no longer riding on the overload leaf, and these air springs help keep it off of them so that it sits like an empty truck. Best upgrade of the year.
Cris Sangster
Great decision
One of the best products I could buy on updating my suspension on my 1996 Dodge Ram 2500. I did considerable research as to what could accommodate additional weight in my bed. I know I made the right decision. I'm extremely happy with the air lift system. From beginning to end the installation took me 6 hours. I'm extremely cautious when it comes to doing projects myself such as this. The system fit well under my standard suspension. I didn't have any problems on installation. If I was to do the same job again on another pickup I could probably do this job in a matter of 3 hours.
Jacqui Cooper
Great for lifting rear end of truck for heavy hauling! Easy to install
Very easy to install on the truck, came with instructions, great if you need to haul a boat, or heavy trailer & you need to pick up the back of the truck- so it doesn't go down too low. We had to put the motor inside the truck, under the passenger seat. Push a button to increase air in the rear end of the truck, then there is a release button to return the truck to the normal height.
Kevin Bailey
Super easy to install. Will drastically improve ride quality of an old Ford. Ask me how I know.
Completely changed the ride quality for the better. Towing with one of our old F250's use to be a scary adventure. New shocks and the air bags will make you an air bag fan for life. Super easy to install too. Drill 8 holes. Bolt it together and on. That's pretty much it.