Hi All,
the gas struts on the tailgate of my freelander 2 have started getting lazy and I got bonked on the head a couple of weeks back!

I ordered a couple of amazon generic ones and to my dismay the tailgate wouldn't close the last few inches because the bodies of the gas struts were too long. I sent them back and ordered from a different supplier, this time from Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09K5W...&psc=1

Same again today when I try to fit them!!!

Both sellers listed them as compatible from '06 onwards. Mine is an 07. I don't know if I have been unlucky and obtained from two bad suppliers, or if mine are in some way unusual!

I have uploaded this video, showing the issue, and comparing the ebay ones with the original ones


Maybe when I am back from work I can measure the casing of the gas strut and someone else can compare that with their own length

From site sponsor AF


LR030618 LR002104 Tailgate Gas Strut
£9.23 £11.08 (inc. VAT)

The ones you have been sent are clearly to big. Common sense isn't very common.
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I wouldn't be messing with Amazon supplied parts when there's the excellent Forum sponser Advanced Factors selling stuff like this at very reasonable prices. Hyundai Ioniq 5 Ultimate. The family car.
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I had the same issue, not sure who I ordered through but first set sent out were too long.
Replaced with no issues and I still have the first set hanging around somewhere.

Thanks guys.. I will get the ones from the site sponsor then!

Looks like these are them:
https://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/lr030618...8964-p.asp

Yep that's them. Common sense isn't very common.
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jtq4u wrote:

Thanks guys.. I will get the ones from the site sponsor then!

Looks like these are them:
https://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/lr030618...8964-p.asp

ReggiePerrin wrote:

Bought a pair of gas struts from SGS engineering - hit my head once too often on the tail gate that now only rises to just above eye level?

£38 the pair with next day delivery, they are the equiv. of PowerfulUk’s (FL2) out of stock Stabilus Lift-O-Mat struts. (Stabilus Part no 9341XC). SGS list them as a Vauxhall Meriva part - part no SNL2348.

Nodge68 wrote:

I wouldn't be messing with Amazon supplied parts when there's the excellent Forum sponser Advanced Factors selling stuff like this at very reasonable prices.