# Air shocks **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 20, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-shocks/32103 "2009-06-20T00:42:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![juanbresco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@juanbresco](https://community.cartalk.com/u/juanbresco)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-shocks/32103/1 "2009-06-20T00:42:17Z")
Is it possible to replace air shocks with regular shocks,if the air shocks stop working? ---
**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-shocks/32103/2 "2009-06-20T00:44:58Z")
What kind of vehicle is this? I need detail about what you mean by “air shocks”. ---
**Author:** ![juanbresco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@juanbresco](https://community.cartalk.com/u/juanbresco)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-shocks/32103/3 "2009-06-20T00:51:19Z")
1997 ford expidition eddie bauer ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-shocks/32103/4 "2009-06-20T00:52:59Z")
If the shocks are aftermarket add-ons, sure, standard shocks will be fine. ---
**Author:** ![juanbresco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@juanbresco](https://community.cartalk.com/u/juanbresco)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-shocks/32103/5 "2009-06-20T01:22:34Z")
The air shocks are factory,so can I still exchange them for standard shocks? ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-shocks/32103/6 "2009-06-20T01:43:37Z")
Probably…Check to be sure the mounting points are the same. I assume yours no longer hold air pressure, so this is not a question of supporting the car, right? Some Fords used air SPRINGS, a completely different animal than air SHOCKS… ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-shocks/32103/7 "2009-06-20T01:51:20Z")
Why don’t you like gas shocks? I looked on line and one car parts store sells only gas shocks for all 1997 Ford Explorers. If you mean oil filled instead of gas filled, they don’t damp as well when they heat up. Gas shocks don’t have this problem.