🚗 Elevate your towing game with Gabriel HiJackers — ride smooth, haul heavy, and never bottom out!
Gabriel 49255 HiJackers are rear adjustable air shock absorbers designed for select Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac vehicles from the mid-90s to mid-2000s. Featuring a 9.87-inch stroke and 24.54-inch extended length, these shocks offer up to 1,100 lbs of leveling capacity per pair. Their chrome-plated piston rods and deluxe seals provide long-lasting corrosion resistance and leak-proof performance. Easy to install with vehicle-specific fitment, they improve handling and ride comfort during towing or heavy hauling.
Brand | Gabriel |
Auto Part Position | Rear |
Style | 49255 |
Vehicle Service Type | Trailers |
Exterior Finish | Painted |
Material | Metal |
Extended Length | 24.54 Inches |
Global Trade Identification Number | 00043645807184 |
Automotive Fit Type | Vehicle Specific Fit |
UPC | 043645807184 |
Manufacturer | Gabriel |
Model | 14073 |
Item Weight | 4.04 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 19.5 x 6.62 x 4.12 inches |
Item model number | 49255 |
Manufacturer Part Number | 49255 |
S**N
Nice air shock by a reputable company
I purchased these to put on my Chevy Silverado 3500 to help level my load when pulling my camper. Do these installed very easy and did the job very well. The shock itself is of good quality however if there was anyone fault with this, it would be the plastic Key filler connection where I would have preferred to see a brass filler valve T and brass connector instead of plastic. So far no leaks and the ride quality is good. They were a perfect fit and a good value solution for leveling my truck when hauling my camper.
J**
They're working great 👍🏽
I installed these on my neighbors suburban along with coil springs sway bar bushings bump stops & sway bar links. He is Very happy hooked up his trailer and haven't seen him in over a week, just a happy Thankful phone call.
J**F
Easy ride!
This is a great item, easy to install and the price is do awesome!Shipping was amazing came in few days earlier!This is a great source to have in your phone!
I**L
Great Price, Great functionality
I decided to purchase these to help with sagging and overall ride quality on my truck. I have a 2004 Silverado LS extended cab truck. It has a belltech drop kit. Its lowered 2" in the front and 4" in the back. The truck overall has a level stance but I do have a fiberglass tonneau cover so it sag very little due to the weight. Anything I put in the back makes it worse. I was pleased with the shocks, they were bigger in diameter than expected. I've include some pics to compare the size of the old shock to the new one. The installation was not difficult. The instructions are not great but if you have ever replaced anything on a vehicle you can manage changing out the shocks. I really advise to have the right tools I had to find a small bar so that I had more leverage to break the bolts loose. Other than that the only problem I had was that the valve stems are short and fit deep instead the valve. The tire inflator that I have will not push down on the valve stem so it will not take air. I am planning to correct this by trimming down the valves so that the inflator will be able to reach farther and engage the valve stem. Reading other comments it seems other people have had the same issue. You might be able to unscrew the valve stem but when I tired it, it would leak air. I was going to try to hook the hoses up to a firestone air gauge that I have mounted in the truck but the air hoses on the shocks are very very small. I was surprised on how thin of a hose it uses. I am going to have to see if I can find some reducers to even consider hooking things up to a gauge. With that being said do not expect these to air up fast like air bags. There will not air up fast but they will air up.
K**T
Great Shocks , work as advertised
Easy to install , working as advertisedThanks for a great delivery Amazon
R**G
Don't Waste Your Money
I put these on my 2012 GMC Sierra 1500 to level the rear of my truck when I would use an auto hauler. When I bought these the window that says these will or will not fit your vehicle indicated they would. Why would I buy something that did not or would not fit? Now the window says they won't!The shocks fit my truck just fine and were easy to install. Installation took place at approximately 15,000 miles and they seemed to work really well over the last few of years. I only used the auto hauler approximately 5 times in the time the shocks were on the truck. The rest of the time the truck was used just as transportation with nothing in the bed.About a month ago, at about 45,000 miles I noticed a knocking noise...is that a good description?....coming from the rear of the truck when I would go over a bump. I have a 4 post lift in my garage and today I put the truck on the lift to check things out.I found that all of the bushings had become loose and the rubber had migrated out of position so that the ends of the shocks were no longer centered in the mounting brackets on the truck, and the edges of the ends were rubbing on the brackets! Plus the "Bell" on the top of one of the shocks had broken loose from the shaft and was free floating.I've used Gabriel shocks over the years and they used to be really good quality. Now they're just another piece of junk made in Mexico...or to be politically correct..Hecho en Mexico.So I would recommend to not waste your money on these.UPDATE:I ordered the ACDelco air shocks for the rear of my truck to replace the above shocks. When I received the Delco shocks and opened the box guess what....they are the identical shock as the the Gabriel that "won't fit my vehicle". The number stamped on the shock absorber is the same on both brands! And both are made in Mexico...I noticed on the Delco shocks that one of the bushings was already misshapen and was positioned wrong in the shock end.So I opted to return the ACDelco shocks before even installing them. Why replace junk with junk?
D**R
Jacked it up+
Install bees on a Chevy uplander minivan. For when we transport are mini bikes. They lifted the Van about 6 inchesSo I released the air pressure down to about thirty pounds. Sits just about perfect now. I've read where people complained, but it didn't lift their vehicle, but it sure did on ours.I'm definitely not a fan of the plastic air valve, but I'll swap it out for brass.When we get back from our vacation. It holds the air fine, but I can see that with some use over time, It's going to need to be replaced anyway. It works as it should and the price.It really wasn't that bad.
G**H
Great
Great
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