tailgate gas struts

[peter richards]

:thumbs: hello, my new struts were fitted saturday, and are working great , tailgate lifts smoothly on its own .
the company who ive been working with are now happy to provide new struts to members.
the price of the struts is £89.30, including vat and p+p back to you.
you will however have to take your old ones off and send them to the company as they need the ends for re fabrication , it was the easyiest way around fixing .
the company is M S engineering,
5 the graylins,
bedford,
mk 41 9bh phone 01234 772255 ask for mike
thanks peter :thanks:

[supRo]

Good stuff Peter,
A few members including myself would be interested in struts for the bonnet (like BMW's), do you think they may do that? They can use my car as a donor if need be to prototype, I'm down the road.

Cheers,
Ro

[peter richards]

hi give mike a call and ask

[Dragonball]

Good one mate!

[peter richards]

thanks paul , it took a lot of time to get them right , mainly because i live a long way from bedford .
but hopefully it will save members a bit of money , and they are far superior to the toyota ones

[TrickTT]

Are the struts higher pressure than the original toyota ones, or just refurbed to work properly. I suffer the 'veilside wing/tailgate landing on the back of the head' problem. Although it seems to be working fine in the hot weather at the moment.

[peter richards]

yes i would say they are stronger than oem , you can see by the pic the struts are new its just the ends are from the old ones.pm sent .
cheers peter

[nismo_lp]

Are the struts higher pressure than the original toyota ones, or just refurbed to work properly. I suffer the 'veilside wing/tailgate landing on the back of the head' problem. Although it seems to be working fine in the hot weather at the moment.

hahahaha ... picked my car up from the docks on thurday and experienced that 1st hand! :swear:

[peter richards]

give mike a call and get it sorted , the number is at the start of this thread

[mr keef]

Are the struts higher pressure than the original toyota ones, or just refurbed to work properly. I suffer the 'veilside wing/tailgate landing on the back of the head' problem. Although it seems to be working fine in the hot weather at the moment.

:D pmsl

[samsupra37]

Going to see MS Engineering next week with the skyline...now that is a heavy bonnet...and see if the can make some up for me, if they can see the car they will also do the supra for me as well so will keep you informed as to when how long and how much.....

[Kev.O]

Removed mine today, I'm going to call Mike tomorrow. I'll let you know how I get on!

[Rob Wilson]

I'd be interested to find out if it does cure the veilside spoiler on the head problem...will invest in a set if they do!

[Kev.O]

I've just fitted the new struts. They're really good. Definately worth the money. They seem really strong. I've never actually lifted a boot with a veilside spoiler but I'd probably say it would easily lift it!

[chris aka fonz]

I would be interested in gas struts for the bonnet if they can do them .

[supradibbs]

I would be interested in gas struts for the bonnet if they can do them .
yeah that

[Guru]

:yeahthat:

[jim_supra]

I'd be interested in bonnet struts aswell. I have been thinking about doing this for a while, I have been thinking of using struts off a soarer, but if someone else can do this, it would save me from destroying my bonnet!!

[Dragonball]

There is nowhere I can see to fix them on to on the supra bonnet guys??

First thing I looked at when I got my soarer...

[Soonto"HAS"soop]

There was a guy at the Maidstone meet at the old Sextons that had bonnet struts on his MKIV, not sure what his name was though......

I think that Mig knew who he was though.

[RiceRocketUk]

:thumbs: hello, my new struts were fitted saturday, and are working great , tailgate lifts smoothly on its own .
the company who ive been working with are now happy to provide new struts to members.
the price of the struts is £89.30, including vat and p+p back to you.
you will however have to take your old ones off and send them to the company as they need the ends for re fabrication , it was the easyiest way around fixing .
the company is M S engineering,
5 graylins,
bedford,
mk 41 9bh phone 01234 772255 ask for mike
thanks peter :thanks:


is this price each for for the pair?

[Kev.O]

is this price each for for the pair?
It's for the pair

[RiceRocketUk]

looks like thats my 1st purchase then, thanks for the reply

[peter richards]

thanks kev

[Barney]

Have spoken to Mike @ MS Engineering and he's asked me to post a slight correction to their address as follows:

MS Engineering
5 The Graylings
Bedford
MK41 9BH

[peter richards]

thanks barney edit first post :)

[Barney]

Yw Peter...................hopefully sending my struts this week:)

[Barney]

Yipee, got my struts back today, hope to have them fitted this week.

Have to say the people at MS Engineering were great:thumbs:

[Kev.O]

Yipee, got my struts back today, hope to have them fitted this week.

Have to say the people at MS Engineering were great:thumbs:
Glad to hear it Barney. I'm sure you'll be well chuffed with them once they're fitted! :D

[peter richards]

ok chaps well done :)

[Barney]

Well, have to give Kev (Bristol Boy) a big "thank you" for fitting my new struts in the freezing cold yesterday evening. What are they like?.........bloody brilliant, thanks Peter for setting this up, and again to Kev for his time and help :thumbs:

[peter richards]

tailgates heavy isnt it , glad everything worked out :)

[Kev.O]

Well, have to give Kev (Bristol Boy) a big "thank you" for fitting my new struts in the freezing cold yesterday evening. What are they like?.........bloody brilliant, thanks Peter for setting this up, and again to Kev for his time and help :thumbs:
Your welcome Barney. Like you said a big thank you to Peter for setting this up! Glad your as happy as me with the new struts. They really do make such a difference.

[dangerous brain]

I need some for me aristo wonder if they are the same.

[peter richards]

hi db do you think the tailgate is of similar weight , measure the struts on the aristo , make a comparison then to the supra ones .
if they are quite a bit different in length for instance then obviously theyre not going to work .
you can call and speak to mike see if he can suggest anything

[dangerous brain]

the front and boot ones are apparently the same size as each other but I don't know if they are the same size as the supra ones. I've just been and measured them and they are about a foot long on each part ie fescallised portion is a foot long ish and so is the gas section. Bonnet is fairly heavy and the boot because of leverage is probably similar in weight.

[M4RK RZ]

Are the struts higher pressure than the original toyota ones, or just refurbed to work properly. I suffer the 'veilside wing/tailgate landing on the back of the head' problem. Although it seems to be working fine in the hot weather at the moment.

Mate - its so nice to know that there is someone else in the world like me lol

[Shaun.]

I hear your pain brother ! My next bit of soop cash is promised to refurb struts.

Shaun.

[Kev.O]

They are well worth the money,I can assure you

[M4RK RZ]

I hear your pain brother ! My next bit of soop cash is promised to refurb struts.

Shaun.

or we could invest in a cycle helmet each :d

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39950000/jpg/_39950747_coulthardlong_pa.jpg

[Shaun.]

I have a nice blue "stick" with tasteful black electrical tape on the end to wedge under the blind clip and lower boot. It really is mutts and may get it chromed.

or just get decent struts.

*waits for someone to quote above line and edit out the "struts " and insert "rear spoiler" * :spank:

Shaun.

[M4RK RZ]

*waits for someone to quote above line and edit out the "struts " and insert "rear spoiler" * :spank:

Shaun.


I just took mine off :innocent: I never really fell in love with it - some angle's yes - others no .

[kaapstad82]

Just put rear struts in what a differance thanks to guys at MS.Lift up 4 inches and opens the rest of the way on its own(with big spoiler),now i have to pull hard to close the boot,but my wife can use the boot now so no more bitchin or screams of pain when shopping from her:)
much stronger than i thought they would be great work,took 5 weeks from posting untill returned date,but worth the wait.

[Carl_S]

yeah, MArk_rz and trick TT you are not alone in this. I got that veilside wing too. will manage for now, but in future i can see it would be a good upgrade.

[mattsupra]

yer i need some for mine as it sounds a common thing with wear n tear being used so often

getting sick of having my head holding the boot open when im doing things like sorting out my install ive now got my rear cover pushed up against the boot


matt