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Hello neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer and today we're taking a look at the Timbren suspension enhancement system for the rear axle on a 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500. Adding rear suspension helper springs is really a great option because your factory jounce bumper is pretty short and a lot of that comes down to people are daily driving their trucks more and more, so manufacturers are kind of making them a little bit more comfortable and that way, when you're daily driving, you're not getting that harsh suspension. But with that, sometimes the suspension squats quite a bit. And partially I think is because the jounce bumpers take so long to engage and by the time they do engage that suspensions really lost a lot of this travel. Whereas adding these are going to kind of give it a fighting chance. It's not gonna be able to squish down all the way and that's gonna allow those shocks to have more compression as you hit bumps.

It's also gonna engage a lot quicker so it's gonna take some of those harsh bumps out and also when you're loaded down, it's gonna fight against that as you add that weight and it's gonna make your towing experience that much better. Now these are made out of Aeon rubber which is really nice because it is progressive. So you can see this design allows for when it engages it's gonna take that blow, it's just gonna kind of soften all of that by this nice rubber that is gonna absorb a lot. But as you add that weight, this is gonna squish and really fight against that giving your suspension that added support to really handle that load. Now these can handle a lot of weight and that's not to say that it's gonna add that capacity to your truck, it's what they can handle, but that should be more than enough for anything you might throw in the bed or even a heavy tongue weight.

So the main thing that you get with this is a better driving experience but there's a bunch of different reasons. A, you're going to help your suspension not get worn out but you're also gonna get more steering feel. It's gonna allow that vehicle to kind of stabilize out, putting pressure on the front tires a little more and that way you get your steering back, instead of that loose kind of squirrely handling feeling. You're also gonna get better braking with that. Your headlight height also as your truck is squatted aims up, it's gonna stabilize that back as well.

Another added feature too on a solid axle, you don't really have, you know, sway bars here, you have your leaf springs, but this is gonna help fight against sway because it's gonna engage pretty quick allowing that axle to kind of stabilize, you know, level with the truck. So it's gonna make handling just better overall, even without a load on there. I do think these are a better option than airbags a lot of times. Airbags are nice 'cause you have adjustability but overall the maintenance with it and running air lines is a little more than you need because this just drops into that factory spot. You can have this done in about 15 minutes and you're gonna have a noticeable difference for the lifetime of your truck and you don't have to worry about maintaining it, it's just gonna work every time you use it.

Now we've gone ahead and loaded up a tote in the rear of the bed and this is filled with water. It probably weighs about 1,500 pounds and it's sitting right on over the axle of the truck and you can see the squat is obviously pretty apparent. So we're gonna take it out on the test course and see how it handles. So we've gone ahead and loaded up a tote in the back of the truck that's filled with water and it's a decent amount of weight and it was super noticeable as we loaded it in with a forklift that the truck was squatting quite a bit. So on our test course we're gonna hit some bumps and just kinda do some parking lot driving to see how it's actually going to affect it and honestly the truck ride's pretty good, I'll admit that. It definitely feels like there's weight in the back because there is. The front, the steering is a little bit squirrellier just because you don't have that contact patch, it's kind of just tilting the truck back and the rear definitely is kind of have, it's a sagging feeling to it. It just kind of feels like it's lugging behind. But overall, I mean the truck's doing a fine job but also the suspension's gonna be getting a workout. You're not getting that movement of the shocks because it's gonna be compressed. And so that's really gonna make for a rougher ride. And right now as I'm hitting just small bumps, I do kind of notice the truck just