The Titan of Helper Springs: Nissan Titan SES

Do you use your Nissan Titan to haul heavy stuff or tow a large trailer? If so, it’s important that your truck sits level at all times – particularly when you’re towing a trailer. That’s why it would be wise to look into getting a set of truck helper springs.

Today we’ll explore various suspension upgrades – some that work great and some not so great. We’ll also include a Timbren helper springs review for those of you who aren’t sure which suspension helper springs are best for your truck.

What are helper springs for trucks?

There are quite a few helper springs for trucks that are available online. If you Google searched, no doubt you’ve discovered some of the following helper spring designs:

• Metal: Metal leaf spring helpers like Hellwig and SuperSprings bolt to the top of your existing leaf spring suspension to prevent sag and help to eliminate bottoming out.
  
  
• Air: Airbag suspension helpers like Firestone Air Bags and Air Lift Air Bags allow you to adjust the pressure to compensate for different payload conditions. You can tweak the amount of air to get the ride you want.
  
  
• Foam: These helper springs - made of microcellular polyurethane - replace the original bumpstops. 
  
  
• Rubber: Timbren helper springs, made from natural rubber, also replace the original bumpstops. Timbren SES is an easy-to-install DIY system. These suspension helper springs prevent sag and absorb road shock.
  

Are there helper springs for Nissan Titan?

The Nissan Titan has a leaf spring rear suspension. Any of the truck helper springs listed above are suitable for the Nissan Titan’s rear suspension:

What are the best suspension helpers for your Nissan Titan?

Below is a quick comparison of the helper springs mentioned above:

Metal Add-a-leaf

• Price: $500
• Rated capacity: 1500 lbs
• Progressive spring rate: NO
• DIY installation: NO
• Improved ride quality: NO
• Durability: NO
• Lifetime Warranty: NO
• 100-day money back guarantee: NO

Airbags

• Price: $2500
• Rated capacity: 5,000 lbs
• Progressive spring rate: NO
• DIY installation: NO
• Improved ride quality: YES
• Durability: NO
• Lifetime Warranty: NO
• 100-day money back guarantee: NO
  

Foam

• Price: $299
• Rated capacity:  1,000 lbs
• Progressive spring rate: NO
• DIY installation: YES
• Improved ride quality: YES
• Durability: NO
• Lifetime Warranty: YES
• 100-day money back guarantee: NO

Timbren SES (rubber)

• Price: $297
• Rated capacity:  8,600 lbs
• Progressive spring rate: YES
• DIY installation: YES
• Improved ride quality: YES
• Durability: YES
• Lifetime Warranty: YES
• 100-day money back guarantee: YES

Say YES to Timbren SES Suspension upgrades for your Nissan Titan!

Timbren helper springs review

Timbren SES truck springs were first developed for the North American market in 1968. The sale of SES kits has expanded since then to include well over 400 kits for everything from small pickups to big rigs like Peterbilt. Timbren SES helper springs, aka Aeon® hollow rubber springs, are at the heart of every Timbren SES product. They are the alternative to metal and air.

Aeon® springs come in various sizes and shapes: single, double, and even triple convolutions, some round, some square. A set of Aeon® springs provide extra weight capacity for your suspension, starting at 1,000 lbs up to 50,000 lbs. Every SES kit is a combination of carefully selected Aeon® springs and components that can be installed on virtually every truck, van and SUV that rolls off the assembly line.

What's so special about Timbren SES?  In order to understand why Timbren SES are so special compared to the competition, you need to understand 2 innate characteristics of an Aeon® hollow rubber spring - used in every Timbren SES product:

Unlike metal springs that have a linear spring rate, Aeon® rubber springs have a progressive spring rate, a rate that increases as more weight is added to the truck. In order to explain a progressive spring rate, let’s talk about a linear spring rate: A linear spring rate means that the spring rate is the same as the spring compresses all the way down until it can’t compress any more. In other words, a 300 lbs per inch linear rated spring will compress 1 inch when 300 lbs is applied. An additional 300 lbs applied to the spring will make it compress another inch - and so on.

A progressive spring rate (or variable spring rate) constantly increases its spring rate. In other words, if it takes 300 lbs to compress the spring 1” it could take 3 times the load to make it compress an additional 1 inch - and so on.

Unlike metal springs that need shocks to absorb the energy created when they compress, Aeon® rubber springs are self-damping, able to absorb the kinetic energy by themselves.

These two characteristics – progressive spring rate and hysteresis - offer some unique advantages:

• Their progressive spring rate means they automatically adjust to the load, preventing sag and squat

Remember, every set of Timbren SES DIY helper springs – including part # NRTTN – comes with a Lifetime Warranty and a 100-Day Money Back Guarantee.

For more information on Timbren helper springs, visit Timbren.com