Hey I wanted to hear you guys’ opinions on rebuilding a set of old shocks versus purchasing new ones. I am currently running Radflo 2.5” with reservoirs and adjusters. These shocks have been on the vehicle since I bought the car at 180k miles, I now hit 250k miles. I went to a local Land Cruiser shop that I usually consult or have do some big maintenance that I may not have the time or space for and they quoted me about $1,600 to remove the shocks, rebuild them, and re install them, they’d take about a day or two.
Now the reason I wanted to rebuild these shocks was so that I could essentially get new shocks for much cheaper than just buying new ones, however, after getting this quote back I know rethinking this. There are other options such as removing the shocks and sending them to Radflo starting at about $135 a piece but that would take at least a couple weeks and I daily drive my rig. I could also try and rebuild them myself but I have no idea where to start and who knows how long that would take. I’m sort of bummed out about getting quoted as much as I did and now I’m looking at settling for Dobinsons IMS despite them being sort of close to what I would pay for a rebuild.
Now the reason I wanted to rebuild these shocks was so that I could essentially get new shocks for much cheaper than just buying new ones, however, after getting this quote back I know rethinking this. There are other options such as removing the shocks and sending them to Radflo starting at about $135 a piece but that would take at least a couple weeks and I daily drive my rig. I could also try and rebuild them myself but I have no idea where to start and who knows how long that would take. I’m sort of bummed out about getting quoted as much as I did and now I’m looking at settling for Dobinsons IMS despite them being sort of close to what I would pay for a rebuild.
