emilme75, it's only you who made this about rebuilt shocks. The op just asked what the latest recommendation for autoride shocks, not what's the recommendation for REBUILT autoride shocks. I asked you in the PM if you had actual experience as in did you buy some and have trouble with them and you dodged the question, so I take it you haven't. I understand they have used parts in their rebuilt shocks, and I have done research also. These parts have to pass a test before they're reused in their shocks. They do the same thing with their top-of-the-line shocks in the exotic cars. The fact that they offer a lifetime warranty and offer rebuilt shocks for some of the most expensive cars in the world does say something to me. And like I said in my PM to you, any time you buy a rebuilt part you don't know how much mileage is on that part. Buying rebuilt parts has it's drawbacks. All you can do is hope they have testing methods to ensure it performs as expected, and offer a warranty in the case it fails. But to just get on here and call all Arnott's stuff junk is doing a disservice to forum members especially if you've never actually bought any of their products. You also misstated in another thread that buying their NEW replacement shocks disables autoride but maintains auto damping, which is exactly the opposite. So it looks like you just have a beef with Arnott and want to bash them any way possible. Sorry for all the rambling people, but I feel that members who come to these forums looking for advice deserve to hear from others with actual experience and also hear differing viewpoints. Emilme75, your opinion has been heard and now mine has too. Unsubscribed.
Dude, I don't know what your problem is. Are you the forum police, an Arnott fanboy or do you work for them? Maybe you're just ticked that you spent a bunch of money and got used parts?
As for "dodging" your question, did you miss the first 2 words in my PM reply to you, the ones that said "Personal experience"?
About the "misspoke" part...uhmmm, no, I didn't. First of all, Autoride
is auto damping, along with self leveling so, I have no idea what you're talking about.
If you can find a new shock from Arnott that keeps Autoride, show me... They don't have one. The new shocks they offer keep self leveling, but include bypass resistors for the auto damping portion. The only shock they offer that keeps auto damping and self leveling is the "rebuilt" OEM shock.
Anyway, it matters not what else Arnott offers and how expensive the cars are that they provide parts for. The fact is, the shocks they sell as "fully rebuilt" parts for our SUVs are not fully rebuilt and it is a lie, plain and simple. Why this is so hard for you to grasp, I really don't know and how can you possibly say that this info isn't pertinent to the OP's question is beyond me.
And what's this nonsense about all rebuilt parts having used components in them? Hard parts, sure, but we're talking about shocks with soft internals, like rubber seals...those wear out, it's what makes a shock go bad when they do... I mean, come on. Get a clue before you go all high and mighty and start telling everyone what you think others on the forum "deserve".
