Boot lid closer strut tension

[jasonlovesfrench]

Weird one this...i've noted that my boot lid slams shut as the resistance in the closer arms is pretty much non existent, can the tension be adjusted or are they shot?

Thanks

 

[Sean197]

I'd say they're shot and you need new ones.

 

[john_walker74]

Time for new gas struts.

 

[Jimmy]

There was a topic on this a few months ago and someone posted up a video. They were complaining of the same thing, that the boot was slamming down like there was no resistance. IIRC it turned out that it was just normal - the one in the video anyway.

I have to guide my lid down or it proper slams. But it's always been that way and I don't see it as a problem, just that it needs a bit of care when closing.

 

[jasonlovesfrench]

There was a topic on this a few months ago and someone posted up a video. They were complaining of the same thing, that the boot was slamming down like there was no resistance. IIRC it turned out that it was just normal - the one in the video anyway.

I have to guide my lid down or it proper slams. But it's always been that way and I don't see it as a problem, just that it needs a bit of care when closing.

I'm cool with guiding it home - it's the missus who lets go of it like a hot cake

 

[Sean197]

I'm cool with guiding it home - it's the missus who lets go of it like a hot cake

There's a joke to be had there

 

[jasonlovesfrench]

There's a joke to be had there

I'll teach her to guide it home with more care

 

[LOCKE]

If you sit in a 182 and the boot gets shut you think the car is about to fall apart!

 

[Big Ben]

I'll teach her to guide it home with more care

Or slam it down HARD lol