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not sure if I should stick this quick question in the shock choices thread, so I'll ask seprately and then let it die away.

as I gather my parts, the Konis look new. from the scrapes of reciets I found, they were new when I got the car, but that was 30+ years ago. (recall, my car has been partially disassembled for 30+ years) I had a thought; just wipe them down, new bushing and reusing.

So is that pure stupid to believe they would still be usable?
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Corrected info as captured from another forum:

Shelf life for Gas shocks is not an issue. The gas is actually behind seals which is under an oil blanket. The gas would have to leak past the seals and past the oil blanket then through the welded portion of the shock. They have run tests on Bilstein shocks with 500,000 miles that are still within factory specs.

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