Rear Door Gas Struts

[Donk]

Fitted some gas struts to the rear doors. Very easy. Very quick. Such a difference. Looked online and some companies were charging about £220 for a kit. I bought the parts myself for about £60 from Amazon & eBay. Makes opening the doors easier when they're heavier with storage boxes or spare wheels on the back. Stops them from swinging shut on you on windy days or steep slopes. Guessing if you wanted to, you could remove those metal restraining brackets that keep your doors from fully opening or as I have, keep both as a safety measure.

eBay Struts - Right side 900mm & 100Nm . Left side 1000mm & 100Nm
eBay Gas strut fittings - 10mm ball end fitting
Amazon Gas strut fittings - M6

At the rear bumper fitting I used the existing holes but in the plastic bumper hole recesses I fitted two M6 washers each side just to raise the strut pin up a little bit.

 

[IronDad75]

Great idea. Silly question assume that the struts pivot on the ball joint and doors close without detaching?

 

[Donk]

Absolutely. The doors shut just as normal.

 

[Kit Rigg]

interesting detail thank you.
In addition I wondered what storage units you have in the garage area? Are they bespoke or off the shelf

 

[Donk]

A & C are just part of the boxing in of the battery on the left and plumbing bits on the right.
B are storage boxes by Plano and I got them from Amazon.

 

[Kit Rigg]

thank you. makes for a tidy garage.

 

[Grubscrew]

Damn….I like yours better than I did mine.Mine is higher up and not entirely happy with them, however, the gentle way they open is like electric at work!

 

[ANDY MAN VAN]

Absolutely. The doors shut just as normal.

hi have order everything you suggested only thing is cant get 900 mm struts theres a big delay in turkey apparently do you think a 950 mm will work instead of the 900 mm also is the 1000mm left hand one as you look at the van from the rear of the van thanks

 

[Donk]

1000mm - as you stand at the back of the van looking in towards the front on your left.

950mm may work. It doesn't really matter how much they can extend by, its more a case of how much can it compress back down to when the door is closed.