D3 Bonnet struts

[BradC]

So after working on it all week and finally getting it running nicely, I replace the battery today and I've had it on the charger for a couple of hours with the bonnet up.
I go out to check the charger and the f***ing bonnet is down. The gas struts have let go.

Apparently part number LR009106. Anyone know a local cross reference / aftermarket I can use to replace them?

[DiscoJeffster]

You could try one of the many strut places and get them regassed?

[LRD414]

I bought a set of tailgate struts from this place in October last year. So far so good.

GAS STRUTS BONNET For LAND ROVER DISCOVERY Series 3,4 07/2004 - 09/2009 (PAIR) | eBay (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GAS-STRUTS-BONNET-LAND-ROVER-DISCOVERY-Series-3-4-07-2004-09-2009-PAIR-/191482884718?hash=item2c9544f26e)

Cheers,
Scott

[Eric SDV6SE]

I'd say the cars had enough of being fixed and just wants to drive[tonguewink]

[BradC]

You could try one of the many strut places and get them regassed?

I've never had good luck with that. They lose their gas when the seals go, and by the time you've replaced the seals and gassed it back up you're at or past the cost of a new replacement anyway. Twice I've had it done on other cars the struts have just passed the warranty period before they've let go again. I try and buy new where I can, and preferably local for warranty support.

I'd say the cars had enough of being fixed and just wants to drive[tonguewink]

If it didn't keep rebelling like a drunken teenager I wouldn't have to keep getting under the bonnet. Anyway, I did a couple of hundred Ks over the weekend, so it is getting driven.

[loanrangie]

I bought a set of tailgate struts from this place in October last year. So far so good.

GAS STRUTS BONNET For LAND ROVER DISCOVERY Series 3,4 07/2004 - 09/2009 (PAIR) | eBay (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GAS-STRUTS-BONNET-LAND-ROVER-DISCOVERY-Series-3-4-07-2004-09-2009-PAIR-/191482884718?hash=item2c9544f26e)

Cheers,
Scott

I bought these as well, need to do the tailgate too before i get a headache.

[Grappler]

I bought bonnet struts on ebay for my RRS about a year ago. They are good and I paid less than $25 incl postage for the pair

2 x NEW Gas Struts suit Land Rover Discovery 3 & Discovery 4 Bonnet Landrover | eBay (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2-x-NEW-Gas-Struts-suit-Land-Rover-Discovery-3-Discovery-4-Bonnet-Landrover-/123665863446?hash=item1ccb0f5316)

[BradC]

Went to McNaughtans. They don't have a direct X-ref for the Landrovers, but they made me up a pair on the spot.

Gas strut 2x 40S-165S 8-18 230N M6x1.0 and 4 x 10mm P/pear cup 18mm cent M6x1 P2BB ends.
$45.10 in GST with 2 year warranty,

These are a heavier duty strut with bigger seals. Always happy to pay a bit more for "on the shelf" and local support rather than waiting for postage.

My struts had obviously been going for a while. The drivers side was completely collapsed and the passenger side didn't have enough oompf to keep the bonnet up by itself. The first new one I fitted held it up.

[DiscoJeffster]

You now have to stand on the bonnet to close it? [emoji23]

I can tell mine are not far off, for the boot and bonnet. They’re both too easy to close. Might do the same as you.

[BradC]

You now have to stand on the bonnet to close it? [emoji23]

I can tell mine are not far off, for the boot and bonnet. They’re both too easy to close. Might do the same as you.

This is the third time I've been to McNaughtans now and they've been nothing but excellent. It had slipped my mind when I posted the original request but after sleeping on it I went back and checked my Volvo receipts to find out who I used.

Most stuff is on the shelf and if it isn't they have made it up on the spot. If they don't have a xref then the most important thing is the compression strength of the strut, and the original Landrover struts had that marked on them.

They are also national, which is nice.

[Eric SDV6SE]

You now have to stand on the bonnet to close it? [emoji23]

I can tell mine are not far off, for the boot and bonnet. They’re both too easy to close. Might do the same as you.

Same, before it smacks me in the head. I thought these struts would be much dearer

[cripesamighty]

If they don't have the struts you need, try The Strut Specialist in Osborne Park. They are pretty good as well.

[RANDLOVER]

You now have to stand on the bonnet to close it? [emoji23]

I can tell mine are not far off, for the boot and bonnet. They’re both too easy to close. Might do the same as you.

I changed mine on the tailgate glass, and it was much tougher to close at first, I started wishing I hadn't binned the old ones and rather had done one at a time.