Rear lift gate support struts

[Phatty McPatty]

It was about 16° when I left Target yesterday. I pulled the rear gate up about halfway and I'm not kidding, it just collapsed back shut. Parked across from me is a Hyundai Sante Fe. No exaggeration, the woman walks up, pulls the gate up no more than a foot and it springs open fully! Who makes their struts? I WANT I WANT!!

Patrick

[Zman]

I have used these struts before and they work great.
Need to find the pressure needed first.
I would go a little higher than required.

http://www.spdhardware.com/catalog/list.asp?id={FD677C08-6417-4A4C-9551-C52741324413}

[lgt]

Originally Posted by lgt

How are the Napa ones holding up? Looks like the OEM ones are made by STABILUS PN SG325016. I found them for $82 ea under the STABILUS name. When I did a search by PN only I found two sites that list them as Sachs and mentions STABILUS somewhere in the descriptions. I know Sachs is OEM for many BMW parts so I would think these are OE quality if not actually OEM. RockAuto has them for $47 ea. I think I will go this route.

So partsbarn.com has these for $82 a pair shipped and installed them tonight. It's 42 degrees out and I can lift the gate about a foot and a half and it will raise the rest of the way by it's self. The last half foot or less takes longer to lift, but it does the job. I guess I'll have to wait to see how they work when it gets down to 30 and how long they last. On a side not I'm not sure I'd go with higher lifting force since it would take more effort to close. OEM is a good balance.