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Author Topic: Estate Tailgate Struts?  (Read 764 times)

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Estate Tailgate Struts?
« on: 29 December 2009, 20:52:46 »
Chaps,

After the snow last week, my tailgate won't stay up :( Do the struts give out all of a sudden like this? Is it worth getting some secondhand ones or going for some new ones? How much are new ones? It's no good having a tailgate that clonks you on the back of your head ::)

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Re: Estate Tailgate Struts?
« Reply #1 on: 29 December 2009, 21:05:52 »
mine are certainly a lot slower in the cold, but still work, so suprised at a sudden failure.
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Re: Estate Tailgate Struts?
« Reply #2 on: 29 December 2009, 21:15:06 »
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Re: Estate Tailgate Struts?
« Reply #3 on: 29 December 2009, 21:35:24 »
Cheers Mark, that's doable! I remember getting a pair for a Monza tailgate, very long and very strong, and they were over £100 each from the dealers. £26 a pair is more like it :y

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Re: Estate Tailgate Struts?
« Reply #4 on: 04 January 2010, 20:33:34 »
Ordered two today after gashing my head open Saturday afternoon and having to go to A&E to get it patched up ::) Didn't half rather hurt, that'll teach me ;D
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Re: Estate Tailgate Struts?
« Reply #5 on: 04 January 2010, 23:21:07 »
Mine suddenly went, definately much worse in the colder weather too.  In the summer they did hold and depending on the position of the car in the cold...
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