MonroeMax-Air MA834 Air Adjustable Air Shock Absorber Pack of 2 for Chevrolet Silverado 1500

I have installed these on all my car for years

Gave my pickup an added boostInstall was easy,

good

WHAT A JOKE! These are so poorly made that the cheap air lines won't hold air and the connections and o-rings back out of the plastic nuts when we tried to add air. Got to 90 lbs of air and then they blew the O-rings. Reset that one, added air again and then it blows yet another o-ring.The shocks themselves may be ok (if you could ever get the lines to hold air) but MONROE decided to build them on the cheap and provide the customer with all plastic hook-up parts. I mean the nuts are plastic, the "T" connection is all plastic and even the Shrader valve is plastic. For a few bucks more Monroe could have provided brass fittings and then I would not have to return this crap. Wasted 3 hours removing my shocks, installing the new Monroe's, then spent an hour trying to fix all the air leaks only to succumb to the idea that this is POOR quality at best. Then had to remove the Monroes and reinstall my original shocks. Remember the old adage "You get what you pay for"?... Well this one PROVES it ! CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP !!! Monroe should be ashamed as this is hideous quality control and engineering. GO GABRIEL ! Buyer beware... if you want to spend 3 hours only to be royally PO'd - this is the shock you should buy because it WILL deliver you into a mindset of anger and total frustration.

Easy to install but remember only supposed to tow at 90 psi.

I've seen a lot of reviews stating that theirs leaked. I am wondering if they Don't realize that pressures will increase and decrease proportionate to the load. I've also noticed fluctuations in pressures proportionate to temperature fluctuations of frigid nights to warm days. I adapted the ones I purchased to a 2004 Trailblazer by using spacers on the lower mounting brackets. I initially put a 2kLbs light duty farm tractor all the way forward on a dual axle trailer, so that the back wheels of the tractor were only slightly forward of the trailer front axle center. I started with a No-Load Pressure of 65Psi, and the loaded pressure jumped to 82.5Psi. held for over two days with slight fluctuations to temperature. I was satisfied with my test results and removed the trailer and tractor. Needless to say, I'm Happy with the shocks.

The air shocks are great for what they are designed to do, but the parts and pieces that come with them to install them are very “cheap”. My air valve to air up the shocks cracked and broke since it was made out of cheap plastic. The 1/8” air line is too small of air line and wouldn’t would much pressure at all. I ended up fabricating my shocks to fit a 1/4” air line put a stainless steel air valve on it. They work perfect now that I upgraded all of those things.

Installed easily, I would recommend to drop spare tire out from under truck to run lines, I didn't even have to drill holes for line clips, used existing wire harness fasteners for lines, had to test system at 90 psi and blew 2 different lines off 1 on each test but didn't tighten the fittings tight enough, after I tighten them up as tight as I could with my hand they worked good, DON'T USE TOOLS TO TIGHTEN THEM THERE PLASTIC FITTINGS, let the psi down to 45 psi to see how it handles my rv on it