Bilstein Shocks - Are they still good?

[jdbs3]

I have a set of Bilstein heavy duty shocks (both front and back sets) that I removed from my 1984 vanagon back in 2002. At the time, they only had 27K miles on them. They have been sitting in my basement for 7 years.

Any way of telling if they are still okay short of installing them? I would like to install both sets on my 1990 vanagon; it uses the same shocks.

thanks

[Alaric.H]

I can not think of any reason they they could have gone bad maybe if they were still on the van but not on the shelf.

[kounterkultured]

Visual inspection can tell a lot (although not everything).
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Alex
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1989 Vanagon GL
Audi A3

[pete000]

I would guess they are good to go on the bus !

Put them back in service.
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1990 Vanagon RS 2.1
1967 Deluxe 21 window
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