Dunno if this should be a new topic or not & apologies if wrath of moderators surfaces but After blundering around in other threads looking for mail order genuine or off the shelf gas struts for bonnet on my 1998 Stagea S1 I took the advice given by Duncan & others to see a strut man. As there are none where I live I called on Greg Bell at Unit 5/35 Guthrie Street Osbourne Park phone 9445-9119 <gasstruts@bigpond.com> last week. 15 minutes later & $180.00 lighter (no complaints - very happy) I have new struts fitted. Simple proceedure, unclip old, reclip new, all done. The details courtesy Greg for ordering by description/generic noname brand is/are as follows;

Struts 400mm long.
Energy 370 newtons.
Clipon fitting Angled ball, 10mm dia. Same both ends.

Closest alternative vehicle using these struts, Nissan Maxima '95 onwards.

Getting excited I asked Greg to look & quote rear bootlid. Not so easy as braketing is uncommon. Never mind, the important s*@t is in the front, right?

Cheers GW

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not a chance mate, that is good information, I should have checked all the details when I got them. well done

And do keep us posted re the rears, I and I'm sure a lot of other people need them - I think most have probably been replaced already before they got here so assume only 5 year life for them

One option re the bracketing is we could get something made up to adapt stagea bracket to a more common strut, could be cheaper than going to nissan for these....

How about firms that offer re-gassing? Has anyone had real success with this option?

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