This video highlights installation of a Strutmasters suspension conversion kit on the REAR two wheels of a Buick Park Avenue. The product shown covers 1998 to 2005 model years of the Buick Park Avenue.
Important: There may have been updates to the installation process since this video was made. Please FOLLOW THE PAPER INSTRUCTIONS that come with the kit for the most up to date installation procedure.
The Buick Park Avenue produced for the 1998 to 2005 model years came with an active air suspension in the rear of the vehicle. The factory system relies on a compressor, air shocks and a myriad of electronics to function. A loss of ride height in the rear of the vehicle is an obvious sign the system has failed.
This Park Avenue was one of many hundreds that have been brought to the Strutmasters headquarters in North Carolina over the years. The owner wanted to avoid the expense of working on the factory suspension and saw us as the best alternative.
We hear from hundreds of GM vehicle owners a month in our call center. As our suspension experts explain, with an older, high-mileage vehicle, your choices may be limited:
1) You Can Do Nothing -- Some vehicles, like the one in this video, are nearly IMPOSSIBLE to drive when the computerized factory suspension goes bad. And if you DO keep driving the vehicle, it is DANGEROUS. Some suspension failures end very badly, even causing an accident. FIX THE VEHICLE as soon as possible.
2) Fix It At The Dealer -- Perfect solution IF you are willing to spend potentially MORE than the vehicle is worth just to fix the factory suspension. Most customers don't have the money. The ones that do are too smart to sink thousands into just ONE repair on an older vehicle.
3) Trade It or Sell It -- Good luck with getting a fair price for an almost undriveable vehicle. Do you really want to get rock bottom value for a vehicle you loved and had so much invested in prior to the suspension failure? And can you take on ANOTHER luxury vehicle payment that can easily land in the $500 to $800 a month range for years to come? Plus your insurance will go way up... most say, NO THANKS!
4) Throw Parts At It -- The sooner you understand that NOT JUST ONE part is broken, but an entire system is going bad, the better. We have had thousands of customers go the route of replacement parts and regret it. Our video library is filled with customer vehicles that had hundreds, even thousands spent on them before a conversion kit was installed. ALL of these active factory suspensions are complicated and do you really want to work on the same issue over and over? A bunch of cheap parts still adds up to a huge investment. DON'T GET ON THE PARTS MERRY GO ROUND.
5) Convert The Suspension With Strutmasters: A simple concept that works. We replace complicated components with passive struts, shocks and coil springs that work great. We have helped tens of thousands of customers hang onto their vehicles for several more years with the least possible investment in the long run.
We offer products for almost every brand of vehicle equipped with an computerized active factory suspension. The majority of our kits come fully assembled and all of them offer with detailed instructions so you can install it yourself or speed up the process for a professional mechanic.
Don't learn the hard way like so many others! Fix It Once, Fix It Right with the original -- Strutmasters!
We recommend you obtain the full vehicle ID number (VIN) and call our team at 866-597-2397 BEFORE you order. They will make sure you get the correct application for your specific vehicle and show you the savings of converting all four wheels on these models.
