Firestone 2445 Rear Ride Rite Spring Kit for Toyota Tundra TRD 2WD 4WD

I installed this Firestone Ride-rite kit on a 2017 Toyota Tundra Crewmax. I have a camper shell on the truck and at the minimum 5psi, it has leveled out the truck perfectly. I also tow both a light, 3100 lb camp trailer and 3000 lb boat. Previously, with either of these attached, the rear end sagged too much. This is what I really bought this kit for. Installation was easy, the instructions are very good to excellent. The parts kit was excellent too, it covered everything I needed. I did deviate from the instructions on one step, the cutting of the rubber bump stops. The rubber is very tough, good Toyota quality, so I loosened the U-bolts holding the axle to the leaf spring pack and removed the bump stops. Toyota recommends buying new U-bolts when these are removed. I chose not to and re-applied locking compound and re-torqued the nuts to 74 ft-lbs. I did have to loosen and bop the U-bolts into place with a dead blow hammer after I didn't get them aligned right the first time. The hardest part of the installation was the alignment of the upper plate and marking the lower plate. With the rear axle on jack stands, jacking the trailer hitch made this a lot easier on the passenger side. I also used a silver sharpie on the black mounting plate, black on black is too hard to see. I mounted the air valves on each side of the license plate lined up horizontally with the trailer connector and with the license plate removed, about 1-5/8 inches left and right from the big hole behind the license plate. Total time for the installation was about 5 hours, 3 for first (drivers) side and 2 for the 2nd.

Well designed and an easy install. Directions were clear and concise. Install, was a leisurely two hours. I've had these on my truck for nearly a year now. I have not noticed any leakage. After a 3 month period without use or checking they still held the minimum of 5psi. 60psi gives me the ability to carry a 1 ton pallet, of heating pellets.

I can't believe how quick and easy this was to install on my 2015 Tundra Double Cab. It took me about an hour and a half to install with a couple of deep well sockets. I did not remove the rear tires or the spare as recommended and not once during the install did I ever wish I had. Other than the spare getting in my way a time or two as I was sliding out from under the truck I never knew it was there. The instructions recommend cutting the jounce bumpers off with a reciprocating saw, however, I simply loosed the u-bolts holding the rear leaf springs to the axle and I completely removed them. This way I can go back to stock if I ever wanted to (not that I would).I opted to buy a union tee so I only have one fill valve and one hole drilled in the truck. Doing this makes filling them quick and easy but I won't be able to compensate for an uneven load in the bed. Since I bought these for towing a travel trailer that part doesn't concern me.All the parts looked great and feel and appear to be very high quality, I am very happy with my purchase.This kit has greatly improved my towing experience. With my trailer fully loaded I tow around 6500lbs with 700lbs of tongue weight and with about 25lbs of air in the bags my ride is level and smooth with no more hitch bounce.I wanted to update my review to include something important that I left out. In regards to your weight distribution hitch; hitch your trailer up, inflate your airbags to the height you want, THEN adjust and setup the hitch. Not doing this properly can negate some or all of the effects of the weight distribution hitch and while it *looks* like it might be set up right or it might *look* like it's doing its job, its not.....and you could find yourself in a hard braking situation with little to no traction on the front tires. I have also settled on 20 PSI while towing and this is what my hitch is adjusted to. After it's all setup right your hitching process should be as before. Lightly rest the trailer on the ball, lock the hitch in place, put your weight distribution bars on, drop the trailer the rest of the way down onto your hitch, THEN inflate the bags.The first thing you should do when unhitching is deflate the bags.

Kit went on easy enough, works as expected and quality is there. I really only have one complaint and it’s me just being picky. The bracket the goes up to frame that the peg of airbag goes through is not thick enough so the peg hits the frame and has slight gap. I ended up taking it all back apart thinking I made an error installing it but after going step by step and double checking and I even looked at a buddies (his same way) I seen it’s just the way the bracket fits. Overall great product and I would buy again, really helped with leveling my truck out on heavy loads. I also made a modification to the setup. I installed air lines into a tee and just ran one line through license plate bracket so when I put air in both bags fill up at exact same pressure. Good setup, good quality and works as expected.

Pretty straight forward installation but with many YouTube vides showing the older lower bracket got me confused. I contacted FireStone and comfirmed that the 2445 kit was updated and the lower brackets were strengthened so the added support was not needed. This allowed us more fitment on more vehicles, than we previously had. So I had the latest version of the kit.

So far, the product is working great, and they were easy to install. The only drawback to these air springs, is that the radial cutout (which should rest solidly on the axle) on the lower bracket does not match up with the axle when the bracket is installed on the axle U-bolts. So, half of the bottom bracket's support is not solidly on the axle. Essentially, there is a gap between most of the radial cutout and the axle. Pictures from the installation of this product on the etrailer site, and another review here on Amazon, confirm this problem across multiple installations. So, the product isn't perfect.