etrailer | Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Air Helper Springs Installation - 2018 Ford F-150

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Clayton: Hello, everybody Clayton here at etrailer.com. Here at etrailer.com we install, test and review a lot of different products to help you as the customer make a better decision before your purchase. Today we're going to be working on a 2018 Ford f-150, we're going to be taking a look at. I'll be walking you through how to install the Airlift Loadlifter 5000 Ultimate Air Helper Springs. Our Air Springs are going to be a huge improvement to our truck's ride quality whenever we have a big load in the bed or we're hooked up to our trailer. Now our air springs are commonly referred to as airbags.

Now, again this is going to be a huge upgrade if you are towing on the weekends or even every day. It's just going to make our ride quality a lot better and it's going to help save our factory suspension. Again, this is the ultimate version of Airlift Loadlifter with 5000 capacity.Now what makes this ultimate is it does have an internal jounce bumper to help save our bags if we ever do go below that 5 lb minimum. And something you really want to keep in mind is adding airbags to your truck is not going to increase your towing capacity. It's just 5000 lb of helping capacity.

So when you are at that max load it's just going to make it a whole lot more livable. This is what our Air Springs are going to look like installed. As you can see, they look really nice, they sit nice and tight to our frame, our axle and our leaf springs. Like I said, the best part about this kit is we're not going to have to drill anything out so it's going to be super easy to get mounted up. It's definitely going to be an upgrade, it's going to make our lives a whole lot better whenever we're towing or have a heavy load in the bed of our truck.Our actual air spring is going to be constructed out of a two ply reinforced fabric.

So it's going to be really strong, it's going to hold up to anything we want to throw at it. And you want to keep in mind there is a minimum air pressure of 5 PSI required to be in the air bag all the time and our maximum air pressure is going to be right at a 100 lb. So we are going to get quite a bit of adjustability and being able to run a couple of different ways is really going to allow us to set it up to what we are towing. Our brackets are going to be constructed out of steel and all of our hardware is going to be included and this is going to be really easy whenever we're getting it installed and we're not going to have to worry about it breaking down over time.It also has a nice black powder coat finish to help keep rust and corrosion from becoming a factor as well. Our airline tubes are going to run from our airbags to the rear of our truck and as I said, there are a couple of different ways that you can get this mounted up.

I'll talk about this later in the installation portion. In my professional opinion this is one of the better kits I've ever worked with. It really made a huge difference in the truck's ride quality and you see that in the test course footage. It really makes this truck a whole lot better when we are nearing that max payload capacity. So it's definitely something that I would consider and install if I had this particular vehicle. One of the awesome feature of this kit is we're not going to have to drill into our trucks frame.So that's going to be a whole lot easier to install, it's going to make our lives a lot easier, definitely something you can do at home in your driveway. So we've gone over some of the features, I'll go ahead and walk you through how to get it installed now. With our truck bed empty, we're going to take a few measurements just to see where our truck sits stock. So we're not going to have any weight in the bed, this is what it's going to be like every day. We'll grab our tape measure, we're going to measure from the ground to the middle of our wheel well. Now we're looking right at 36 and three quarter inches. Now we can move up to the front. And the measurement of our front is going to be right about 36 inches. So we did have about three quarter inch rake, which is pretty normal for a factory truck with no weight in the bed.So we went ahead and loaded up about 1000 lb under the bed of our truck, now we can go ahead and get a few more measurements for you. Measurement from the ground to the wheel well is right at 34 inches. So we dropped two and three quarter inches. That's quite a bit of drop we'll move up to the front and get a measurement there. We're looking right at 36 inches. So it didn't change a whole lot in the front but we definitely dropped quite a bit in the ba