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Jun 14, 2014 | 04:12 AM

captain Greg

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gas struts V8 Vantage

Hi guys the boot keeps dropping down (normally on my head!) I was wondering if its possible to re-build or gas the existing struts? or any other advise?

Jun 14, 2014 | 08:42 AM

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Hey Greg,

Just did a writeup on hood & trunk shock replacement. They are dirt cheap to buy new so no point in rebuilding them.

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...placement.html

Jun 14, 2014 | 03:57 PM

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Hey Greg,

Just did a writeup on hood & trunk shock replacement. They are dirt cheap to buy new so no point in rebuilding them.

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...placement.html

Thanks did you get OEM? or aftermarket? what was the cost? and are the new ones also branded AM? I could not see that in your pic in your link post

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Jun 14, 2014 | 05:48 PM

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Thanks did you get OEM? or aftermarket? what was the cost? and are the new ones also branded AM? I could not see that in your pic in your link post

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The picture in his 2nd post in that other link show "ASTON MARTIN" imprinted on them

Jun 14, 2014 | 09:01 PM

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They were OEM of course, they were not expensive. I got mine from HWM Aston Martin directly in the UK. The parts manager and email address is in my writeup thread.

Hope that helps