Air shocks..why?

V-100 said
Another 'benefit' to air shocks is that the mounting stud up top isn't made for that type of stress load, so it can easily crack/pull-out/rip apart that brace. .

bullshit. if you are trying use them on a rusted out hulk with three deer carcasses in the trunk playing dukes of hazzard then yes.

i have ran them for decades and have never once bent, broke, or cracked anything.