03 airride shock choice

[KAWSAM62]

HI
my compressor died and its problee because the shocks were leaking air so they need to be replaced also, im going with a arnott inc. product, so my rear shock choices are bilstein's gas charged with the resister bypass or there oem rebuilds plug and play, anyone have reasons to go witch way?
thx scott

 

[bigstick1973]

i put regular shocks on mine much cheaper. the autoride as far as i know is for towing.

 

[clkelley]

The only thing I can say is that if you stay with the air ride in the back, it is possible you will replace them again before you would the Bilsteins. That's kind of the draw back of the air ride IMHO. I also personally like the ride quality without the air ride and will be converting the wife's Yukon as soon as they go out.

Also, if you go with the Bilsteins and you haul anything like a large boat or whatever, you may notice a considerable squat to the back end without the air ride leveling things out while loaded.