Replace 1 worn or damaged ball-and-socket gas strut from your boat's hatch lid or compartment door. Annealed steel with corrosion-resistant coating is great for saltwater environments. Strut measures 20" long and offers 120 lbs of force.
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Shane: Hey guys, Shane here with etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Taylor Made replacement shocks. These shocks are going to be great for replacing the old worn outs gas shocks on your basement door or your luggage door on your campers. But not only that, they're also going to work on. Maybe you have an inboard or outboard boat that the deck has to be lifted up so you can air out the fumes, the gas fumes, before you start your engine. They're going to work great for those.
Maybe you have a car that has a hatch on it. These are also going to work great to replace those old worn out shocks on your cars, as well as your boats and your campers. Normally, our shock is supposed to hold our door open. Not doing it anymore. That means our shocks are wearing out.It becomes a pain in the butt when you're trying to get in there and get something and you got to hold this up to get that out with one hand, or you think your shock's working and you reach in with both hands and this thing comes down and hits you back of the head, on your back.
It becomes a pain. These are going to mount directly in place of your factory shocks. These trickier ones are going to be 20" long with a 30 pound compression. You can find different lengths here at etrailer. Adding new shacks are going to make it much easier when opening your door to be able to hold it open.
It's going to provide enough pressure to keep that door up. You really don't have to lift it much, really with your finger, push it up and it'll stay up by itself. As you can see here, new shocks are able to hold up for a door. It's going to make it much easier for us to use both hands to get any luggage in and out of this lower compartment, not have to worry about our door falling on us. That's going to do it for a look at Taylor Made Gas Shocks..
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (38 Customer Reviews)
Replace 1 worn or damaged ball-and-socket gas strut from your boat's hatch lid or compartment door. Annealed steel with corrosion-resistant coating is great for saltwater environments. Strut measures 20" long and offers 120 lbs of force.
These worked well for my project. I was putting a concession stand style hatch in the basement wall that separates our play area from the living area. It took some research and a few tries to get them installed at the correct angle. I wanted the hatch to almost, but not quite touch the ceiling.
Parts are excellent but condition of packaging was poor. Transparent tape used on back of box did not hold and box was mostly open. Adhesive failure of tape I see as most likely problem. Please see photos of box.
All of the parts did arrive even though condition of box would allow parts to fall out if not handled with care.
The old standby paper tape with water activated adhesive in my opinion would not have had this problem.
Hope this review is helpful.
Parts are excellent but condition of packaging was poor. Transparent tape used on back of box did not hold and box was mostly open. Adhesive failure of tape I see as most likely problem. Please see photos of box.
All of the parts did arrive even though condition of box would allow parts to fall out if not handled with care.
The old standby paper tape with water activated adhesive in my opinion would not have had this problem.
Hope this review is helpful.
etrailer always comes through. Have ordered several items over the past and always a great experience. Online ordering couldn’t be any easier and always prompt shipping.
Comparing this to the usual steel gas strut is like day and night. Seems well made, and looks great. More important is my review if etrailer. When my order did not arrive, I sent them email. Shortly, I was notified that it was being tracked. When tracking did not find it, I emailed etrailer again. They expedited delivery of a replacement.
Great fit. Perfect replacement strut for a Chaparral SS rear bench seat engine cover/sunpad.
This gas strut for our boat hatch works perfectly. I received this faster than I thought I would and it was very well packaged. I have ordered things before from etrailer and have always had great results and service! I'm sure there will be other things I will need down the road for our boat...after all...you know what BOAT stands for don't you? It stands for "Bring Out Another Thousand"! :) When it comes to anything else I need....this IS the company I will order from.
Thank you etrailer for your service.
product is exactly "as advertised" came quickly.
Worked well to replace cabin door hatch lid strut on a 2005 Hydra Sports 212 WA. Had to move the top mount back about 3/4" to allow the lid to close completely, but when the original part is no longer available, this is the way to go.
I used this in my boat for my rod storage compartment. I have had it for 1 year and has worked great. It gets opened a lot and has held up to jarring in the waves.
Taylor Made probably has the most selection in force, replaced all my 20's with the 40's. very easy to change, seem to be well made. Couldn't tell who the manufacturer was of my box hatches were, only the lb force. These Taylor Made Gas Struts were just the ticket for replacing the originals, and at a good price.
Best of class delivery on best of class products. After two orders I now know I can depend on etrailer for any and all other parts I may need. Good to know!
etrailer delivers again with high quality parts, accurate fulfillment and speedy delivery.
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Just what I ordered and quick delivery. Unfortunately I ordered it wrong. Needed it to have a little more pressure. I will use it somewhere else.
Great product, exactly what I needed
Worked great on our boat hatch! Thanks etrailer.com!
Excellent service. Excellent parts
looks like excellent product. Not installing from scratch, replacing existing struts that I have that are worn out and do not support the hatch.
I purchased stainless strut in lieu of painted steel.
Thank you... perfect fit.
I haven’t installed them but shipping was fast
Working fine just what was needed
Excellent product
Haven't installed yet. Customer service was great and shipping was time was amazing. Thanks
Exactly what I ordered. It was delivered fast and packaged well.
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