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tracytracey
 Post subject: Van rear door gas struts
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:08 pm 
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Has anyone converted their van doors to gas struts?

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Can't be too hard, people have put struts on bonnets. Wouldn't need to be a big strut at all either.

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The problem I see is that the doors open up 90 degrees. A bonnet opens up to about 45 degrees.
I cant really see the advantage of having struts anyway. :?

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positioned correctly, you'd be able to make them pull the door shut as well as push it open

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The only reason I am considering it is because one of the original stays to hold the door open is missing and I don't want the door to flap about in the wind.

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Should be plenty of them floating around? I know of a few, just not handy right now.
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