Quick Front shock/spring question

[Langcow1]

I’ve got new springs and shocks for my 4runner. The parts I’m replacing may very well be original. One thing that I don’t have are the strut retainers and cushions. They didn’t come with the bilstein shocks. Should I go ahead and reuse the old ones or get new ones? Ideally new ones would be best but ordering them looks like it may take a week and my rig is torn apart. I can get by without it if need be but the old parts don’t look “too bad”, so maybe Incan reuse them?

Anybody ever done shocks/springs but reused old parts and had good or bad luck with it?

Thanks for your help -

 

[Kanoe]

I’ve got new springs and shocks for my 4runner. The parts I’m replacing may very well be original. One thing that I don’t have are the strut retainers and cushions. They didn’t come with the bilstein shocks. Should I go ahead and reuse the old ones or get new ones? Ideally new ones would be best but ordering them looks like it may take a week and my rig is torn apart. I can get by without it if need be but the old parts don’t look “too bad”, so maybe Incan reuse them?

Anybody ever done shocks/springs but reused old parts and had good or bad luck with it?

Thanks for your help -

When I put my 4600s on I was in the same situation. My top hat and bushings were still good looking so I reused them. That was 100,000km ago now and soon it will be time to do it again.

 

[Langcow1]

Well heck if they’ve lasted that long for you, maybe I’ll just reuse these!

 

[Langcow1]

So I ended up going with an alternate solution: I went to AutoZone and got 2 cheap Duralast front shocks and am using the parts from those. I wish Bilstein had included them