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Old Jan 18th, 2022, 14:58   #16
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Originally Posted by CNGBiFuel View Post
£6.50 would have sorted it. My 16YO did ours. He found a pair via eBay. These £13 cheapie-struts catapulted the thing, such that the tail-gate fires open so fast it 'bounces'.

He took one off again. We've now got one new, one old on there. Now it's perfect. One for spares.

When the 'new' weakens, we'll go from there.

These...
That is exactly what i did and worked a treat. I needed one for another car and swapped one good one for a used one off the other car. Now both cars boot opens as it should, without bounce!
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