{"id":1463,"date":"2014-09-11T09:48:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T15:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keanen.com\/blog\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2015-05-31T19:00:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T01:00:37","slug":"air-lift-5000-ultimate-load-controller-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keanen.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/11\/air-lift-5000-ultimate-load-controller-review","title":{"rendered":"Air Lift 5000 Ultimate & Load Controller Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our F-150 has squatted in the rear end since we started pulling our travel trailer. Even when using either the Equalizer 4 Point or ProPride 3P weight distribution hitches I wanted the front end to sit a little lower. I never felt that the front end was overly light but I knew that the truck could sit more evenly.<\/p>\n

Prior to install with trailer picture<\/p>\n

\"no_bags\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n

To solve this issue I decided to first purchase the Air Lift 5000 Ultimate (88200) and try it out. Air Lift has a guarantee with their products so I really had nothing to lose. I decided on the 5000 Ultimate version over the other two available models for my truck. The smaller model I thought was not strong enough for what I wanted and the regular 5000 model did not have a jounce bumper which I feel is needed on the F-150 because the install calls for removing the factory bumper.<\/p>\n

Air Bag Installation<\/strong><\/p>\n

I started the installation of the airbags by jacking up the truck and removing the tires. After having a problem removing one of the tires and having some missing parts (grr) I decided to try without removing the tires from under the truck. I put the air valves to fill the bags though the lower license plate holes which has a clean look.\u00a0I was able to perform a 24 hour pressure test without any issues. The install was easily done from underneath the truck and took me about three hours.<\/p>\n

Passenger and driver side installs<\/p>\n