I have a 2004 H2 with about 90K miles on it. Had to replace the transmission earlier this year, had a hellish brake job (about 2K-the lines rusted and leaked out), and now I'm getting the "service air suspension" errors. It is riding rough and I've done enough reading that I know I'm going to have to replace the bags at a minimum and the compressor in the worst case. I don't want to go back to the dealer as I'm already $7500 in the car this year.


So I understand my choices would be get OEM stuff and have someone put it in (I can't do it myself--or to be more accurate I've never worked on cars so I'm afraid to) or do the conversion to springs.


I've heard going to springs is ok, but what does it do for resale value? Any thoughts would be great...thanks.

 

Who cares what resale is when your dumping that much money in repairs. Put in the springs and be done w any air suspension issues.

 

I see your point, but eventually I'll want to sell it, and since most people that want to buy these are people that are "enthusiasts" was just wondering whether that will matter to them or not.

Seems the more I read the more people advise to get rid of the air suspension. Looks like that's what I'm probably going to do.

 

An enthusiast is going to be happy someone already ****canned than air suspension.

 

It depends on the type of enthusiast you find. I wouldn't consider one without the air ride personally but there seem to be a lot of people that don't care about it.

 

I have a 2003 and im in the same boat ,REPLACED THE TYRANNY,AND KNOW MY AIR SUSPENSION WENT OUT ,REPLACED THE AIR BAGS AND MY COMM PRESSER GOS ON WHEN I TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH ON. BUT I LOVE MY MONEY PIT.

 

Yea, '03 here too and I wouldn't trade mine for the world either. I've already knocked out all the above plus mirrors, hub bearings, radiator, catalytic converter, and a few other little things. When my air bags where done I looked everywhere and decided to just bite the bullet and replace them and have it all serviced. Feels like brand new driving it around now though, probably because most of it is.

 

I agree! I have a set of springs and shocks for sale off my low mile 06 for sale as I just had a fabtech lift installed!

 

I really appreciate the air suspension when towing. My *** end isnt sagging!

 

I did kill the air suspension. Rides great with just the springs and much cheaper also. Thanks all.