Converting autoride to coil suspension. Any input would help.

[Wulfaz]

I bought my 07 Tahoe LTZ 3 months ago. The airbags on the rear shocks were shot. I have been having trouble getting the air hose to seal up with the new shocks. The hoses are good but if they barely move or I put weight in the rear of the truck it starts to leak again. I am just about sick of the autoride. My options are to buy different rear shocks again for about $500 and risk something else in the system failing or to buy a conversion kit from arnott for about $500. The kit I am looking at is Arnott C2835. I also have never replaced rear coils on a vehicle before. How difficult is this to do with jack stands instead of a lift?

Additional question - If I just convert the rear shocks to coil and don't replace the front shocks what happens? The front shocks don't have air running to them with the autoride system so I am not really sure how the rear shocks would effect them.

Any info or experience you can offer would help. Thanks

 

[02Burgundybeast]

I had this issue as well. MY airbags went bad in my 07 Denali after pulling heavy trailers for a year. I added the ride rite bags to keep the rear end from sagging and never replaced the shocks. If you do decide to replace them with passive shocks, you will also need to replace the coils. Just add resistors to the shock sensors to override the autoride and you are set. The front is also monitored but you can just swap that for passive as well.

 

[Wulfaz]

I had this issue as well. MY airbags went bad in my 07 Denali after pulling heavy trailers for a year. I added the ride rite bags to keep the rear end from sagging and never replaced the shocks. If you do decide to replace them with passive shocks, you will also need to replace the coils. Just add resistors to the shock sensors to override the autoride and you are set. The front is also monitored but you can just swap that for passive as well.

What happens if I replace the rear with passive, replace coils, and add resistors but I don't replace the front shocks? Will this mess something up?

 

[02Burgundybeast]

No because the system still thinks the rear is working with the resistors installed.