Bonnet strutts. - Page 3

Daisy-Dawlish · 10th November 2020, 15:33

I had same thing with our tourer it kept trying to eat me lol after a quick search on the net I found STRUT DEPOT a London based company that supplied us with a pair of tailgate struts with I hasten to add awesome the complete pair were £17 diverse I wAs expecting nothing fancy but the quality is second to none

Ched · 10th November 2020, 15:37

Has anyone bought the boot struts from sgs, how are they compared to the originals?

bl52krz · 11th November 2020, 21:51

Hi Dave. Yes. I bought the full set, boot and bonnet. How are they? Put it this way, they are so good you have to force the lids open. Not a bat in hells chance of them coming down on your head, even in a very high wind. They also do a refill service of old struts. Not sure if they can do ours. But with the wear on the strut arms, it’s probably not worth it. You could always ask.

Ched · 12th November 2020, 18:21

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Originally Posted by bl52krz

Hi Dave. Yes. I bought the full set, boot and bonnet. How are they? Put it this way, they are so good you have to force the lids open. Not a bat in hells chance of them coming down on your head, even in a very high wind. They also do a refill service of old struts. Not sure if they can do ours. But with the wear on the strut arms, it’s probably not worth it. You could always ask.

Cheers Dave, I've changed my bonnet struts for the sgs ones and theyre great, the boot will just fall down and slam shut, no resistance at all ever from them, guess I'll have to order some now then.

bl52krz · 12th November 2020, 20:42

I promise you will not be disappointed with them. Well worth the money. 2 years guaranteed.

Sprinter · 13th November 2020, 09:34

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Originally Posted by VVC-Geeza

I'd already ordered a pair before seeing your recommendations unfortunately but all the ones I looked at were rated at 420Nm.

For future reference, Mick, SGS are on Raynesway so very handy for us.

VVC-Geeza · 13th November 2020, 09:46

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Originally Posted by Sprinter

For future reference, Mick, SGS are on Raynesway so very handy for us.

Thanks Paul I'll remember that.

The Ridex one's I had already ordered arrived from Germany this morning.If their quality is half as good as the packaging I'll be well happy with them.£31 delivered.

kelvo · 13th November 2020, 11:00

I was lucky when I needed new struts for the front grille on my bus there was a place locally to me who were able to make me a couple. I had one original, but needed a pair to stop the grille falling on my head. I used an on line calculator to establish what force I needed but they were also able to test my good one and we came to around the same figure, around 350N if I remember.

Think the struts on my ZT are bit weak as the bonnet does tend to drop a bit if it's windy so might look at a couple of new one - probably then realise how bad the old ones were.

Workhorse · 14th November 2020, 16:09

I fitted a new pair to my 75 this afternoon using the ones from the SGS link - very quick and easy job. I had been using a length of wood as a bonnet prop but it had occurred to me how easily the bonnet could do a large amount of damage to someone if it came down at the wrong time. The new struts seem excellent so far, but I think it'll take a while until I entirely trust them!

roverbarmy · 14th November 2020, 16:36

Maybe I should have been on commission!

10th November 2020, 15:33	#21
Daisy-Dawlish Regular poster Rover 75 Tourer Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: NEWTON ABBOT Posts: 46 Thanks: 12 Thanked 21 Times in 19 Posts	Bonnet and boot/ tailgate struts I had same thing with our tourer it kept trying to eat me lol after a quick search on the net I found STRUT DEPOT a London based company that supplied us with a pair of tailgate struts with I hasten to add awesome the complete pair were £17 diverse I wAs expecting nothing fancy but the quality is second to none

11th November 2020, 21:51	#23
bl52krz This is my second home Rover 75 cdt club + Rover 2.5 KV6 Conni SE Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 11,393 Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 2,262 Times in 1,729 Posts	Hi Dave. Yes. I bought the full set, boot and bonnet. How are they? Put it this way, they are so good you have to force the lids open. Not a bat in hells chance of them coming down on your head, even in a very high wind. They also do a refill service of old struts. Not sure if they can do ours. But with the wear on the strut arms, it’s probably not worth it. You could always ask. __________________ Great Barr, Birmingham.

12th November 2020, 20:42	#25
bl52krz This is my second home Rover 75 cdt club + Rover 2.5 KV6 Conni SE Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 11,393 Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 2,262 Times in 1,729 Posts	I promise you will not be disappointed with them. Well worth the money. 2 years guaranteed. __________________ Great Barr, Birmingham.

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roverbarmy This is my second home Roverless + 1.7D Sportage Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: East Norfolk Posts: 7,050 Thanks: 729 Thanked 2,021 Times in 1,449 Posts	Maybe I should have been on commission! __________________ Oil in my veins!

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Ched I really should get out more....... MG ZT V8, MGZT 135 derv ,MG TF 135 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Romsey Posts: 2,293 Thanks: 553 Thanked 573 Times in 385 Posts	Has anyone bought the boot struts from sgs, how are they compared to the originals?

13th November 2020, 11:00	#28
kelvo Gets stuck in MG ZT 190 SE Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Chatham, Kent Posts: 569 Thanks: 22 Thanked 163 Times in 135 Posts	I was lucky when I needed new struts for the front grille on my bus there was a place locally to me who were able to make me a couple. I had one original, but needed a pair to stop the grille falling on my head. I used an on line calculator to establish what force I needed but they were also able to test my good one and we came to around the same figure, around 350N if I remember. Think the struts on my ZT are bit weak as the bonnet does tend to drop a bit if it's windy so might look at a couple of new one - probably then realise how bad the old ones were.

14th November 2020, 16:09	#29
Workhorse Regular poster Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: West Midlands Posts: 44 Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 8 Posts	I fitted a new pair to my 75 this afternoon using the ones from the SGS link - very quick and easy job. I had been using a length of wood as a bonnet prop but it had occurred to me how easily the bonnet could do a large amount of damage to someone if it came down at the wrong time. The new struts seem excellent so far, but I think it'll take a while until I entirely trust them!