Autoride shock replacement?

[hidesertwheelin]

I posted this here because the NBS forum doesn't get much traffic. I noticed the front drivers side shock leaking on my wife's 04 K2500 Suburban. It's a LT with autoride. What are my options for new shocks? I've heard the autoride feature can be a pain in the ass to deal with.

 

[Blue85]

You can get Bilstein conversions, but they cost as much as new Autoride shocks. The air bag shocks are really hard to find used (good ones), but I think those are only in 1500s. I see sets of good used Autoride shocks come up on CL and eBay from time to time - that would be the easiest thing and probably cheapest.

The coil can be simulated with a resistor. You can get those of eBay or get some connectors and make your own for a few bucks.