Good replacement rear hatch struts?

[frank_socal]

I bought the Strongarm 6815 with Added Lifting Force and I have to say that I must be getting old... It takes extra effort to close.

 

[Endlessblockades]

I bought the Strongarm 6815 with Added Lifting Force and I have to say that I must be getting old... It takes extra effort to close.

Not just you. When I first installed those I practically had to use body weight to pull it down. By comparison, my new OEM colds are a lot less peppy but having new bushings is totally worth it to me. It sounded like a flock of geese every time I used the hatch.

 

[Spiker Engineering]

Not just you. When I first installed those I practically had to use body weight to pull it down. By comparison, my new OEM colds are a lot less peppy but having new bushings is totally worth it to me. It sounded like a flock of geese every time I used the hatch.

I agree, the cold spec OEM struts seem to not have as much force as new 6815's did. But they do have nicer damping, they open more softly than 6815's.

Hopefully with the OEM quality, they will last a while.

 

[rayjay]

I got NAPA brand ones, mostly cause I get a discount through work. Going on 2yrs. No issues here

 

[3bears]

just an update....installed the oem cold specs a few months ago....
at MINUS 28 today they did not hold the hatch up....but they went slow...where previous winters the strong arm cold temps....they did not hold.

 

[_Ace_]

So far the Strongarm 4286 struts that I installed last month have worked fine. Hasn't been that cold though but they did work fine when it was 32F cold soaked.