Hellwig 550 EZ helper springs on 2010-11 with rear discs

[Danno1985]

I put a fiberglass cap on my 2011 XLT for the winter and almost immediately noticed the back sagging a bit, so in addition to looking at some new coils for the front to level out the "Ranger lean", I'm looking into refreshing the rear suspension a bit as well. I've had great luck with Hellwig products in the past on my older Toyota trucks, so I thought the Hellwigs might be good in this application as well. Hellwig's site claims the 550 EZ springs fit up through 2011 model year, but after reading a review from someone with a 2011 claiming they didn't fit on their rear disc brake-equipped truck, I wanted to see if anyone here has tried them and has any additional info to share. Just to reiterate, mine is a 2011 with rear discs, which I believe started in 2010 with the advent of "Advancetrac". According to the reviewer, the issue was with the brake bleeder valves interfering.

 

[superj]

Why would helper springs not fit? They go over or under the leafs, right? The disks arent hitting the leafs so i dont know how tha would make a difference?

 

[Danno1985]

Why would helper springs not fit? They go over or under the leafs, right? The disks arent hitting the leafs so i dont know how tha would make a difference?

Yeah, I took a look at mine today and can't see how they wouldn't fit, but according to the review claiming they didn't, there was an issue with the u-bolts hitting brake components. This isn't an add-a-leaf, just so we're clear:

https://www.hellwigproducts.com/wp-content/uploads/product-digital-assets/135000153.pdf

I said screw it and ordered the kit, so I guess I'll find out.