RevealTheKraken
TYF Newbie
I have been stalking this site about a week or two combing through the forums looking to find some sort of guidance so as to not have to make this post. It seem either my searching skills or my attention span has failed me. Anyways, I decided I may as well make the post and see if anyone with a better knowledge than me is willing to give me their opinion.
So to make a long story long, I recently bought my wife a new to us 2015 Tahoe LTZ with 94k with the Z95 suspension package. The z95 package was not really a selling point to me when we decided to buy the truck but more of a perk. The selling point was the cocoa interior and the A/C seats for me. The last Tahoe I had was back in 2008 and it was 1999 and it rode fine to me. We had the 2015 for a bout a week when I noticed the air compressor for the rear suspension was not operating as intended. I have a good friend that is very versed in the Yukon/Tahoe platforms having owned 6 in the time I have known him, and he advised me to pay attention to this before purchasing the vehicle. I can confirm it was functional when we bought it and the pump did not seem to be running non stop. I am assuming what happened is we have a leaky air shock and the pump was probably running more than it should while driving down the street. Funnily enough we do not have any service suspension message on in the vehicle. So I guess my question is should I pony up the money and just replace all the components or can I replace the springs with a stiffer coil spring/ shock combo. I do plan on towing my 18ft Bass Tracker (loaded maybe 2500 lbs.) in the summer months with and the occasional 16ft utility trailer but nothing crazy. I have perused rock auto for stiffer coil springs and there are a lot of options there and my understanding of RPO codes and what may and may not work is lacking to say the least. Shocks I would lean towards would be the Bilstein 5100s as I have had great luck with them in other vehicles. I should also mention I installed the rough country level kit in the front of the truck. I didn't like the mini van look with the nose looking down.
TLDR
Option 1: Pony up the money and replace pump and shocks
Option 2: Replace with passive suspension and bypass magneride with the resistors.
![Truck 1.jpg Truck 1.jpg](https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/data/attachments/383/383814-ae3a2afa9bf0b86506607bcd0e23661d.jpg)
So to make a long story long, I recently bought my wife a new to us 2015 Tahoe LTZ with 94k with the Z95 suspension package. The z95 package was not really a selling point to me when we decided to buy the truck but more of a perk. The selling point was the cocoa interior and the A/C seats for me. The last Tahoe I had was back in 2008 and it was 1999 and it rode fine to me. We had the 2015 for a bout a week when I noticed the air compressor for the rear suspension was not operating as intended. I have a good friend that is very versed in the Yukon/Tahoe platforms having owned 6 in the time I have known him, and he advised me to pay attention to this before purchasing the vehicle. I can confirm it was functional when we bought it and the pump did not seem to be running non stop. I am assuming what happened is we have a leaky air shock and the pump was probably running more than it should while driving down the street. Funnily enough we do not have any service suspension message on in the vehicle. So I guess my question is should I pony up the money and just replace all the components or can I replace the springs with a stiffer coil spring/ shock combo. I do plan on towing my 18ft Bass Tracker (loaded maybe 2500 lbs.) in the summer months with and the occasional 16ft utility trailer but nothing crazy. I have perused rock auto for stiffer coil springs and there are a lot of options there and my understanding of RPO codes and what may and may not work is lacking to say the least. Shocks I would lean towards would be the Bilstein 5100s as I have had great luck with them in other vehicles. I should also mention I installed the rough country level kit in the front of the truck. I didn't like the mini van look with the nose looking down.
TLDR
Option 1: Pony up the money and replace pump and shocks
Option 2: Replace with passive suspension and bypass magneride with the resistors.
![Truck 1.jpg Truck 1.jpg](https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/data/attachments/383/383814-ae3a2afa9bf0b86506607bcd0e23661d.jpg)
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