Upper Tailgate Struts

[HQVAN]

Fitted gas struts to my van as a trial - used old strut bracket -I had to elongate the bottom holes by 5mm - the struts were FLEXIGLASS, TJM, TOURETOP CANOPY GAS STRUTS from ebay, It opens fine but not as high as original and a bit light if travelling with it open. The overall Length from bolt centres 420mm - cylinder casing is 230mm from bolt centre
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You might want to flip your struts around the other way, I made the same mistake when I fitted mine. It was brought to my attention that the seals in the strut will fail if they are mounted upside down like that and lose their pressure. It shouldn't make a difference to how you have mounted them, just turn them up the other way.

[SKI_Pilot]

You might want to flip your struts around the other way, I made the same mistake when I fitted mine. It was brought to my attention that the seals in the strut will fail if they are mounted upside down like that and lose their pressure. It shouldn't make a difference to how you have mounted them, just turn them up the other way.

I'll turn them tomorrow, thanks -

The hight from the oute edge of the lower tailgate to the outer edge of the upper tailgate is 117cm with the gas struts fitted.