etrailer | Air Lift AirLift 1000 Air Helper Springs Installation - 2019 Jeep Wrangler

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Hello, neighbors. It's Brad here at etrailer. And today, we're gonna take a look at the Air Lift air bags on a 2019 Jeep Wrangler Sport. So this is gonna be a good addition to anyone that is carrying cargo in the back of their vehicle, or maybe pulling a small trailer. The Jeep is not necessarily a towing vehicle, but if you use it in a pinch, it's nice to have. But some of the things that you'll see when you pull or have heavy cargo is the squatting of the vehicle.

Not only does it offset the suspension to where it's not a great ride, but it also causes wear on the tires. It can also cause steering to be muted. As the front picks up, you actually lose contact a little bit with those steering tires. With that, you also lose brake or at least brake feel and stopping power because those tires are not making full contact. So to help alleviate some of those problems and give you overall a better driving experience with weight on your vehicle, these airbags, they allow you to add air to them to supplement the suspension to give it a little bit more cushion before it hits the bump stops.

So let's take a look and I'm gonna walk you through the installation of it and see how it turns out. So our helper springs are gonna reduce the amount of sag on our vehicle while having weight attached. So we have a CURT cargo carrier attached to our Wrangler, and we're gonna load that up with some weight. Before we do that, I wanna get some baseline measurements. And that way, we can see a before and after with having weight as far as our clearance goes.

So upfront, I'm sorry, on the back of the vehicle here, right at the very bottom, we're looking at 35 inches. So that's gonna be our pre-measurement and we'll put weight, see how far it sags, and then we'll be able to use the airbags to adjust it back up later. So our baseline for the rear, 35. Coming to the front, right about 35 1/4. So we'll check back once we put some weight and see how that changes.

So we've added a couple hundred pounds to the back that should simulate the sag in the rear that we would have while pulling something or having loaded cargo. So let's take a look at what that sag is. So from the top to the bottom now, we are sitting right at 34. So we've lost an inch just with a couple hundred pounds. Let's check the front. The front is now sitting at slightly above 36 inches. So it's now squatting in the rear and it's picked up in the front. So that's gonna add a few issues when driving a vehicle. Not only will it put more wear and tear on the rear suspension, but with the front pointed up, your headlights will shine higher, which isn't great for visibility at night. And also not having the weight on your front can cause it to be squirrelly. So this bag system should level out the vehicle to really help it, and it should absorb a lot more bumps and just feel more stable. So we're gonna take it on the test course and see how it performs before having the bags. And then, we'll see it a little bit later after. So now we're gonna go through the test course. The first part is gonna simulate a speed bump and then also a series of back and forth, which should give a nice flex on the suspension, and we're gonna see how that really sags. We'll be making a loop and I'll talk you through it as I go. So first thing, let's hit some bumps. And with the weight in the rear, you can definitely feel that it's a little more planted back there. There's definitely some more mass. It's slightly unsettling, but overall, it's not horrible. Now, I'm gonna make my first big turn. And that's where you're gonna see some of that sag really shine through. The front steering is pretty light, nothing abnormal. But generally if you're pulling a trailer or something that has drag behind it, you're really gonna see it be more noticeable, especially in loose rock or kinda uneven pavement that you're gonna see that front kind of squirrel around and it's kinda like wanna float a little bit. So a lot of your steering feel will go away. So I'm gonna make another loop here and see how that affects it. It does feel coming out of that turn, the back kind of sagging down and the acceleration might, you know, granted we do have weight, the acceleration seems like it kinda cuts down a little bit because that rear end is sagged. It does feel like the front is absorbing like it should and the rear just kinda hangs down and it's a little harder impact. It seems a little more rigid in the back. So hopefully those airbags will lift that back up and get us to a nice ride height and not having any lean, and drivability should be a lot better with the weight i