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I run the Arnott's rear shocks and compressor and they have been great! Had an issue with one shock shortly after i bought it and since I bought the compressor at the same time they warrantied my shock without any issues! No complaints here and I've been running them for about 5 years now!
 
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I run the Arnott's rear shocks and compressor and they have been great! Had an issue with one shock shortly after i bought it and since I bought the compressor at the same time they warrantied my shock without any issues! No complaints here and I've been running them for about 5 years now!

Compared to the factory setup how do these ride?



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Honestly, as good if not better! Basically they are rebuilt OEM shocks and I'm pretty sure mine were leaking some anyways before leading to the compressor giving out so the Arnott's seemed to be just a bit better!
 
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Honestly, as good if not better! Basically they are rebuilt OEM shocks and I'm pretty sure mine were leaking some anyways before leading to the compressor giving out so the Arnott's seemed to be just a bit better!

Gonna go this route, was gonna go OEM but it adds up quick plus if you need sensors your looking at over 2k


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Yeah, I was gonna do the OEM route as well at the time but even with my dad's connection at work at the time to get OEM parts at cost it still was too expensive for my blood! I really haven't been disappointed with the Arnott stuff, well worth the money in my opinion if you wanna keep the auto level setup for the rear! Best off getting the rear shocks with a compressor from them all at the same time, that way you don't have any issues with warranty if you need to use it!
 

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Yeah, I was gonna do the OEM route as well at the time but even with my dad's connection at work at the time to get OEM parts at cost it still was too expensive for my blood! I really haven't been disappointed with the Arnott stuff, well worth the money in my opinion if you wanna keep the auto level setup for the rear! Best off getting the rear shocks with a compressor from them all at the same time, that way you don't have any issues with warranty if you need to use it!

The OEM route is ridiculously expensive. I would have loved to have kept it, but no way could i have justified that.
 

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I run the Arnott's rear shocks and compressor and they have been great! Had an issue with one shock shortly after i bought it and since I bought the compressor at the same time they warrantied my shock without any issues! No complaints here and I've been running them for about 5 years now!

What front shocks did you use? At Shockwarehouse.com They have the Arnott premium Monotube SK-2814 for $188 and cheaper one (probably twin tube). Would a regular 4600 for $70 or Fox 2.0 (985-02-009) for $130 be good for the front?
 
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What front shocks did you use? They have the premium Monotube SK-2814 and cheaper one. Would a regular 4600 or Fox 2.0 (985-02-009) be good for the front?

Not sure about fox's specifically, but I run a standard shock like a 4600 on the front.
 

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Not sure about fox's specifically, but I run a standard shock like a 4600 on the front.


Thanks. I know you cant tell by looking at pictures. But besides paint, the Monroe Relfex Monotube looks just like the Arnott Premium Monotube. YOu think They rebranded them and upped the price?
 

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Thanks. I know you cant tell by looking at pictures. But besides paint, the Monroe Relfex Monotube looks just like the Arnott Premium Monotube. YOu think They rebranded them and upped the price?

Probably. They used to use bilsteins, and advertised them as such. That being said most monotubes look just like that. They don't make their own shocks... would not surprise me at all if they used a tenneco (Monroe) built shock though

Ah, so their special addition is this:
Arnott's new exclusive design includes a sensor which plugs into the auto-damping system to eliminate dash panel error messages.

They have added a built in resistor. Shrug. Not worth it to me over much less expensive bilsteins at all, espcially since you don't really know what shock you are getting. If you are deleting you just unplug the sensor on the shock and tuck it out of the way, disconnect the battery, pull the relay for the autoride, and reconnect the battery and the truck will have no error messages. I've been running mine that way for over a year with no errors.
 
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