My 2021 Tahoe HC is at 75k miles. It does not have air ride. I figured I would get the shocks replaced given the mileage. To my shock, I was quoted $3,400 for all four wheels. This seems astronomically high to me for a simple shock replacement. Has anyone else had any experience with this they would be willing to share?
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Trey Hardy
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I’d go with aftermarket replacements that price is ridiculous for that kind of money you could run a king or fox coil over setup shoot you could probably run a kind shock setup for around 2000-2500$ and have the best of the best this is why I don’t go to dealerships…
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Go to GMPartsDirect.com, enter your VIN, go to the suspension section, and look for your shocks, based upon your RPO codes. You should find what you are looking for at a cost that is significantly cheaper than the local dealer.
Also, if you do any wrenching, this is a job that you can perform mostly by yourself. Lots of YouTube videos that you can view for the step-by-step replacement process.
If your truck has front struts, then I recommend that you remove the entire existing strut assemblies, take them and the new front shocks to a local auto repair shop, and have them dissemble the strut assemblies using their heavy duty spring compressor, and give you back the strut assemblies with the new shocks in it.
Also, if you do any wrenching, this is a job that you can perform mostly by yourself. Lots of YouTube videos that you can view for the step-by-step replacement process.
If your truck has front struts, then I recommend that you remove the entire existing strut assemblies, take them and the new front shocks to a local auto repair shop, and have them dissemble the strut assemblies using their heavy duty spring compressor, and give you back the strut assemblies with the new shocks in it.
I appreciate the responses. The shop dropped the cost to $2900 total, which is based on $900 in parts for the front, $950 in parts in the back, and 6 hours labor. That still seems to be about 3x what I would expect to pay. I'm going to get another quote and will update the thread.
While I appreciate your forward thinking on maintenance, is there anything other than miles that is encouraging the replacement? Oil leakage, stiff ride, etc? If not, I'd probably just run them longer if it were me.
It seems like the OEM stuff is the best, and will last well over 100k if they aren't leaking or locked up. Depends on the wheel and tire size combo too from my experience.
What do the 2021 and newer trucks use in the rear with IRS?. Maybe that has something to do with the cost. But, to your main point, it does seem ridiculous for 4 pieces of metal that weigh 100 lbs.......
It seems like the OEM stuff is the best, and will last well over 100k if they aren't leaking or locked up. Depends on the wheel and tire size combo too from my experience.
What do the 2021 and newer trucks use in the rear with IRS?. Maybe that has something to do with the cost. But, to your main point, it does seem ridiculous for 4 pieces of metal that weigh 100 lbs.......
I can feel a little bit of the suspension loosening up, but miles is the main reason. I also had tires wear out on a 2003 tahoe with around 130k miles because the shocks wore out and the tires wore unevenly. To your point, if I can't find a more reasonable price, I will probably run what I have for a while longer before pulling the trigger.
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This is the most expensive front strut shock for your truck on GMPartsDirect.com.
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85619254
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Code-6wl,7wl,6wm,7wm. 2wd, with air spring. To vin 6pr177525. Escalade. Tahoe. 4wd, with air spring. Suburban. With front & rear air susp. Yukon. 4wd, without adaptive ride control, without zr2, code: 6wl, 7wl.
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$250.87
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The rest of the strut parts to complete the entire strut assembly (if you wanted to replace everything) will cost another ~$50.00.
As you can see, this price is WAY cheaper than the $450.00 ($900.00 / 2) you have been quoted for front strut parts.
Good information. I went to a second shop (Tire Kingdom / Mavis) for a quote today. They said they were having computer issues and would call me back with a quote, but no return call yet. I'm also going to check with a suspension shop I have used in the past. They mainly work on doing major lifts to trucks but I found they had (at the time) the best price out there for stock suspension work too.
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I suspect most go way longer that 75k miles. I have 166k on my 2010 Tahoe and the rear air shocks are likely bad but I rarely notice any issues. You should wait years longer.
