After a short trip to beach with some fat friends on rear seat and fishing stuff of my 02 Chevy Tracker I decided to make some improvement to the rear soft suspension.

I was decided to buy the Air Lift 1000 Kit 60793 for the rear-

http://www.airliftcompany.com/products/air-springs/airlift-1000

But...on my way to, I found another option, the Gabriel Hijacker Adjustable Air Shock 49613 ..

http://gabriel.com/our-products/car-light-truck-van/hijackers

Both are at the same range price, $87

I don't have plans (for now) to make a Susp Lift (which will requiere bigger struts), so, I guess They are at the same scenario.

If they serves for the same proposit, I guess Air Struts could be better 'cause I will have a brand new strut with the plus the functionality of the air lift.

Any recommendations on which one would be better?

Thanks in advance for your advices.

Cheers

most of those air shocks are not real shocks.

I use the Air Lift 100 on my 97 Tracker.  I designed a steel plate rear bumper with a Warn winch built inside.  I felt the rear had too much bounce so I installed the Air Lift.  I only needed 5-10 pounds of air pressure to get to ride back to normal.  The air bags would certainly work for your situation.

Those fat bodied rear air shocks will probably bind on the axle tube. Now, there is a item available that enables you to use fat bodied shocks on the track/kick, but it is made over in the UK and would be costly to get imported, but is so simple anyone with a welder can make up a set. http://www.bits4vits.co.uk/store/vitara-/-x90/shock-repositioners-/-spacers/prod_173.html

Thank you guys for the info, I guess I'll go pointing to AirLift, thinking on using it too with a susp lift in a future.

Cheers

I use the Airlift on mine too, work great.

I forgot to mention.  On my setup I installed the air bags upside down.  The reason is that in a normal install the air hoses come out the bottom which would make them possible to be damaged by offroading.  So I installed them with the air hose coming out the top.

Back in the old days, the classic Skyjacker or Gabriel air shocks were the only way to keep your fenders from rubbing after you put too large of tires and mag wheels on your hot rod... As a band-aid, they got the job done, but as a permanent fix, they frankly, sucked.

On the other hand, I've used Air-lift bags on 2 different trucks, with cabover campers on them, and on my current Toyota mini van. On one instal, the Nissan Hardbody-turned-1-ton-dually, back in 1991, I had to modify the brackets, heat with torch and bend, to suit. The other instals went smoothly. All of them performed flawlessly.

Just a thought: You can plumb them two ways, tee'ed together (one common schraider fill valve) or on their own individual fill valve. For better sway control, individually is the way to go, for better off road flex, teeing them together would be better.

Great advices folks!

I'm totally hooked with this great forum! Thank you guys for the grreat help.

Cheers

The third way to plumb the bags is to connect them together sharing one fill valve so its easier to raise both sides level, then install a simple shut off valve so you can seperate the two chambers once filled, that is how you get the better sway control.  I've had bags on a few lowrider trucks back in the day but I would like to try a 4x4 trail suspension with bags some day, seems pretty slick.