boot strut

[groomvroom]

Wheres the cheapest place to get a new boot gas strut? TVR car parts havnt got any, the TVR Shop dont seem to list one for the Chim, would rather get a new one than S/H

[bigdods]

Got mine from Castle TVR, about £25 IIRC. They had one in stock from a previous customer order where the guy never picked it up. Your best bet is to ring around the dealers you will probably find one who has a strut in stock.

[biker]

I got one from here .. about £19 from memory

https://secure.bos1.co.uk/~struts/components/component-gas-struts.php?osCsid=f0a330dfc8b1ac8a70c4261fc0e37e98

I just meassured everything and it arrived in a few days.
Once fitted you adjust the pressure in the strut so that it stops acting like a catapult ..

[hut49]

biker said:

Once fitted you adjust the pressure in the strut so that it stops acting like a catapult ..

Like this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLIkjWFNAKI

[biker]

exactly like the first one!!
if anyone had stood by the boot the first time I pressed the button they would have suffered a broken jaw..

[barreti]

biker said:

Once fitted you adjust the pressure in the strut so that it stops acting like a catapult ..

Just let the gas out in as short bursts as you can possibly do. Best to have to do this a bit than let too much gas out and trash your nice new gas spring. Don't laugh, I know someone who did.

Oh go on then