‘16 Yukon Xl MAG Ride Shock Replacement

[JaCrispy]

Short story is I’m new to GM and rig is a ‘16 Yukon Xl Denali RPO Z95 with 70k on the clock. Rear magneride shock is leaking. Bit of a punch to the stomach for the OEM replacement approach. Did some searching on here and lots of recommendations on the Arnott conversion/swap. I’m sure I’ll face a firing squad for this, but anyone ever replace and have a positive outcome with a Dorman 949-705 magnetic shock replacement? Or is it just one of those things known not be said, and reason there is no discussion about it?

 

[swathdiver]

We discuss everything car related, it's how we know what works and what doesn't, what is a good deal, what is not and so on.

Many Dorman parts leave a lot to be desired. Going cheap usually delivers less than satisfactory results. The Magneride shocks are high tech and expensive and deliver a great ride on 22s with low profile tires.

This is not my baliwick, other's will chime in soon enough as they get off work.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Your ride will change if you replace the Z95 suspension with something else. My recommendation is that you bite the bullet cost-wise and replace them with OEM shocks. Th rear shocks are easy to change yourself.

I know that Arnott makes replacement shocks for the Z55 suspension (before your Z95 suspension), and they act in the exact same manner as the OEM shocks. I don't know if Arnott makes an OEM style replacement for the Z95 suspension.

Other folks will chime in with their opinions and perspectives.

 

[tuffguy23]

Short story is I’m new to GM and rig is a ‘16 Yukon Xl Denali RPO Z95 with 70k on the clock. Rear magneride shock is leaking. Bit of a punch to the stomach for the OEM replacement approach. Did some searching on here and lots of recommendations on the Arnott conversion/swap. I’m sure I’ll face a firing squad for this, but anyone ever replace and have a positive outcome with a Dorman 949-705 magnetic shock replacement? Or is it just one of those things known not be said, and reason there is no discussion about it?

Hi, I replaced my leaking front magnaride struts with hydraulic conversion struts from Suncore Industries. What a difference! the ride is great and was about 1/3 the cost. 2015 Yukon Denali. I would check them out.

 

[Dino615]

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