2005 4x4 F-150. Trying to find anything beyond "here, use these quick-struts" is next to impossible. Every Youtube video and F150 forum answer has nothing on the struts themselves. I want to make my own quick-struts. I have junk yard struts. I'm going to scavenge the springs off them. I want new hardware for the rest. What I can gather second hand and from tiny online pictures, is I need the rubber spring isolators, the top mounts, the dust boot, and the bumpstops ( I assume the Bilsteins don't have them already.) I see the word bearing used in kits including everything I just mentioned. Trying to find an exploded diagram, or , hell a simple answer on the internet is seemingly impossible. I've sourced this from RockAuto, which includes the mystery bearings :
Is this Sachs kit all I need? RockAuto has them for $38 a piece? Can I do better, or is this adequate?