The rear air ride has shocks combined with air bags, the best of both worlds. Air bags with no shock absorbers are way different. I'd suggest riding in a bagged rig before going that route, you might be real disappointed. They have a place though, if you want to be able to drop it onto the frame. Unfortunately when you do that, there's no room to still use shocks in any form. I have bagged Harley's but they use the same setup in the rear as our Autoride - Monroe air shocks- and in the front I installed air pistons in the forks but still kept springs ( shortened) and fork oil. If they ran on air bags alone I don't think my ass could take it.
