01 Yukon 2500, 8.1L, ~150k miles. Dedicated tow rig for a 7500lb boat (I weighed it).

Looking to rebuild the suspension and retain stock ride height. Since we won't put in more than 2k miles/year on this, I don't want to spend a ton of money, but I also don't want garbage either.

Basically looking to do the following:

- New shocks all around, ditching the 400$ ea Autoride shocks, and going with 5100s or similar. Will try the fuse trick, the resistors if required to defeat the warning light.

- Front suspension kit that includes new UCAs, ball joints, etc.

- New Rotors

Any brands/vendors you would recomend who won't break the bank for decent quality stuff?

 

For shocks, you can't go wrong with bilsteins. Since you are going to tear into it, you may as well replace all the rubber bushings with poly on the springs and control arms. Energy Suspension sells entire kits for this. I have had great experience with Moog Balljoints.

Check out rockauto.com for balljoints and rotors. Summit Racing normally has good prices on the bushing kits. Truckspring.com has good prices on the shocks. As always, shop around as much as you can.