The cup is a dampener. The inner flat steel spring is a dampener. use one or the other. you do not need both. new springs, if your not to concerned about consistant spring pressure throughout them all, probably do not need shims. if you retain the inner dampener, make sure it does not interfere with the valve seals on the intake side. Using the old outer dampeners will shim the spring a little though and give you a little more spring pressure. just my 2 cents....