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    old stored shocks precautions

    I am getting around next week to fitting some Racing Gear shocks (Corn's setup); these are high end shocks, basically as new. Only they have sat on the shelf in a workshop for 10 years. Is there any precautions I can take with respect to the seals etc, because they haven't been used in so long?



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    Oil or gas-charged?
    Quote Originally Posted by Jeremy Clarkson
    One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that if you drive into London at 6am, half of the cars on the roads are Porsches and Astons. Whereas if you go in at ten to nine, they’re all Renaults. Simple solution, then. You want a nice car? Get up earlier and do more work.

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    Oil, as far as I know

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    They might be ok...

    In terms of being 100% sure before you install them, you'd want to drop them off at a place that does shock rebuilding and have them just rebuild them, unfortunately.
    Quote Originally Posted by Jeremy Clarkson
    One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that if you drive into London at 6am, half of the cars on the roads are Porsches and Astons. Whereas if you go in at ten to nine, they’re all Renaults. Simple solution, then. You want a nice car? Get up earlier and do more work.

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