I know this has been covered before, but just wanted to provide some feedback on my recent swap from the OEM auto level air shocks to Gas shocks this past weekend.
So the Air shocks were getting to be a bit rough in the back, with the constant bounce hitting bumps, and the wife was starting to complain quite a bit. I had done the front already a few weeks prior to the Bilstein 5100's, and that drastically improved the bump steer to zero, but the rear end was still bouncing over the bumps. So I ordered a set of Monroe OESpectrums (Non BT models) for about $90 shipped, disconnected the air hoses to the air shocks, zip tied them up as well as disconnected the harness to the compressor for possible future use. We don't tow with this vehicle much since its my wife's daily drive, and we have the Titan for that. So the Gas shocks worked out really well, haven't had any issues, tested it over the normal bad roads around here, and went smooth, no rear bounce, Armada drives amazingly different now, and overall the wife is happy.
So the Air shocks were getting to be a bit rough in the back, with the constant bounce hitting bumps, and the wife was starting to complain quite a bit. I had done the front already a few weeks prior to the Bilstein 5100's, and that drastically improved the bump steer to zero, but the rear end was still bouncing over the bumps. So I ordered a set of Monroe OESpectrums (Non BT models) for about $90 shipped, disconnected the air hoses to the air shocks, zip tied them up as well as disconnected the harness to the compressor for possible future use. We don't tow with this vehicle much since its my wife's daily drive, and we have the Titan for that. So the Gas shocks worked out really well, haven't had any issues, tested it over the normal bad roads around here, and went smooth, no rear bounce, Armada drives amazingly different now, and overall the wife is happy.