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Advice on replacing rear tailgate/ boot gas struts

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celica

Advice on replacing rear tailgate/ boot gas struts

Post by celica » Sun May 14, 2017 11:55 pm

My gas struts to hold the tailgate no longer hold open

Anyone replaced these, any known cost for genuine, third party, used?

I assume all gas struts are the same across pre lci and lci; the only different is those who have electric tailgate?

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Re: Advice on replacing rear tailgate/ boot gas struts

Post by Reedster » Mon May 15, 2017 5:15 am

http://www.sgs-engineering.com/gas-struts/replace
Try these guys, sorted my old X3 struts

celica

Re: Advice on replacing rear tailgate/ boot gas struts

Post by celica » Mon May 15, 2017 10:05 pm

Thanks

They don't seem to have the e70 listed

Bit more digging Stabilus makes them

I've also seen febi bilstein do them too. Online place with postage cheapest I've seen is £85 ish; I'll probably go down this route as still a good brand which make oem items

Bmw want £130 for a pair

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Re: Advice on replacing rear tailgate/ boot gas struts

Post by Riggie » Tue May 16, 2017 1:26 pm

Breaker ?
Last edited by Riggie on Tue May 16, 2017 1:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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