HELP! Air Shocks vs. Air Suspension in Lincoln Navigator?

Ok here is my dilema, One of the suspension air bags went out and along with it the suspension motor? anyhow he said the mtor cost $500 and the bag $300 plus labor. So he suggested that perhaps I might want to remove the suspension and replace with air shocks instead all for $600 including the labor....In all reality I dont have alot of money to work with but I want to make a good decision. Has anybody done this before switch from suspension to shocks??? and if so how big is the difference? I love the floating feeling of the Suspension but if its not that much of a difference perhaps I should change to shocks. Please help all and any comments welcome. Thank you all for your help!HELP! Air Shocks vs. Air Suspension in Lincoln Navigator?
The Lincoln air shock system is destined to fail in every make and model. You will be replacing stuff like this constantly over the years. I had the same problem, and I found that it is much cheaper to simply replace the air shocks with a conversion kit. The ride might not be quite as good, but I found it to be more than comfortable. Strutmasters makes kits designed specifically for Lincoln vehicles (and just the fact that they do so should tell you how often Lincoln air shock systems fail).



http://www.strutmasters.com/lincoln-suspHELP! Air Shocks vs. Air Suspension in Lincoln Navigator?
By the way it cost me $600 to do this conversion but I do have a buyer for my 1 good air bag so its not so bad to eep me from having future problems which were caused when I had my tires changed and they didnt know about the suspension switch of course this made a hole in the airbag.

Report Abuse

HELP! Air Shocks vs. Air Suspension in Lincoln Navigator?
You should consider looking into one of Strutmasters air suspension conversion kits. Here is a link to their Lincoln Navigator suspension: http://www.strutmasters.com/lincoln-navigator-suspension-s/39.htm

Report Abuse

HELP! Air Shocks vs. Air Suspension in Lincoln Navigator?
U STILL NEED A MOTOR FOR YOUR SHOCKS, YOUR CAR HAS A FULL AIR SUSPENSION 2 AIR SHOCKS IN THE FRONT AND 2 AIR BAGS IN THE REAR, IF YOU LIKE TO AVOID THE MOTOR PUT 2 REGULAR SHOCKS IN THE FRONT, AND COIL SPRINGS WITH SHOCKS IN THE REAR... FIND A GOOD DEAL ON SHOCKS AND USED SPRINGS FROM FORD XPEDITION AND U CAN GET DOWN TO $300 PLUS 2-3 HOURS OF LABOR.HELP! Air Shocks vs. Air Suspension in Lincoln Navigator?
Go with the springs, may ride a little rougher but no more problems.HELP! Air Shocks vs. Air Suspension in Lincoln Navigator?
i have a conntinental, i just replace air ride with struts, the ride is not as nice but i dont have to worry anymore! check out this site for costshttp://www.suspension-alternatives.com/l the compresser is expensive and there are just so many things that go wrong, and they are all costly! opps! thats for my car, heres for your truck, same site though http://www.suspension-alternatives.com/l this are cheaper than the strut master site, turns out they are strutmasters, just cheaper.not not cheaply made.HELP! Air Shocks vs. Air Suspension in Lincoln Navigator?
get regular spring off an expedition, put them on, and keep air suspension switch off