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Oct 10, 2007 | 01:16 PM

tony mathers

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new air-shocks

What do new air shocks for the front of a 99 expidition cost? I think mine are bad. "Front sets to low." Where do you buy them at besides the dealership?

Oct 10, 2007 | 01:54 PM

Omahastro1

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Shock warehouse is where I bought mine. You only have one model for the front and that is made by Monroe.

Oct 10, 2007 | 02:26 PM

tony mathers

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Do you remember how much they cost? Are they hard to install?

Oct 10, 2007 | 04:04 PM

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I wnt to say they were around $75.00 each. The only hard part is compressing them to get them out and in. Other than that they are pretty straight forward.

Oct 11, 2007 | 04:24 PM

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+1 on working a bit to get them in....

Push and hold in the hose fitting on the shock and then pull out the air line. Also turn off the air suspension switch under the pass. side foot area, before doing work.

Oct 11, 2007 | 06:00 PM

tony mathers

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Is there any trick to installing them or gettin the old ones out? I just bought this vehicle it has 125k on the odometer. Maybe I should stay away from air-ride and go to springs.

Oct 16, 2007 | 08:25 AM

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Tony

You can do this, just have to be patient. They can be a PIA to get out and install. As mentioned, compressing them is the hard part. As I recall, bolt it in loosely on the lower control arm, then use a large screw driver as a lever to compress the shock while letting it "slide" into the upper pocket.