Guys n ladies,
Is there any other struts off newer cars that can fit the Capri and do the same job?
boot struts
- Andrew 2.8i
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Re: boot struts
Hi,
If you'd like to keep the original boot struts, but yours are a little feeble, it may be possible to get them re-gassed.
SGS Engineering do it https://www.sgs-engineering.com/gas-str ... ng-service .
When I had mine done a few years ago, it cost around £35.
Andrew.
If you'd like to keep the original boot struts, but yours are a little feeble, it may be possible to get them re-gassed.
SGS Engineering do it https://www.sgs-engineering.com/gas-str ... ng-service .
When I had mine done a few years ago, it cost around £35.
Andrew.
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Re: boot struts
I'm pretty sure that my friend Alan (deals in Capri parts and spares, etc.) had some new ones for sale. You can always phone or text him - 07757947080 Just mention Paul with the red Laser. He's a nice guy.
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Re: boot struts
I can recommend SGS
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Re: boot struts
andyd wrote:I can recommend SGS
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Re: boot struts
Last year they quoted me £48 to re gas or £56 to supply new. On top of the £48 you'd have to send your existing ones off, so at that price differential I'd just buy new I think. That said, with other things being bigger priorities I never got around to actually ordering in the end. I tell myself I'll do it next week every time the tailgate catch crashes into the small of my back (oww!).
Re: boot struts
I paid around £45 in 2015 and that included my postage of the struts to them.tejb1 wrote:Last year they quoted me £48 to re gas or £56 to supply new. On top of the £48 you'd have to send your existing ones off, so at that price differential I'd just buy new I think. That said, with other things being bigger priorities I never got around to actually ordering in the end. I tell myself I'll do it next week every time the tailgate catch crashes into the small of my back (oww!).
I sent them off on the Monday afternoon, and they were back on the car Thursday lunchtime
And yes those tailgates do hurt when they come down on you
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Re: boot struts
SGS offer a good service yes, and the other nice thing about re-gassing your existing struts is that you keep struts with the right date code on them - a date code that is broadly in line with the build date of your car. Which is nice if you count rivets.
Re: boot struts
Unless he sends them to the wrong address and they go missing and refuses to give you a refund of course...pbar wrote:I'm pretty sure that my friend Alan (deals in Capri parts and spares, etc.) had some new ones for sale. You can always phone or text him - 07757947080 Just mention Paul with the red Laser. He's a nice guy.
Re: boot struts
Cheers for that info fellas