Trunk door struts

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Mar 23, 2018 | 10:42 AM

Niall Connolly

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My Ride: 523i Touring

Model Year: 2006

Trunk door struts

Hi guys,

i need to to change the struts on the trunk door. Has anyone done this, is it easy to do?

what struts do you guys recommend? I’ve seen some for $40 a pair and others for t times that.

any help is appreciated

thanks

Apr 17, 2018 | 05:28 AM

kenza750

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My Ride: E61 525dA, High Executive, Xenon (AHL), leather+memory, CCC Prof, pano-roof

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Hi,

I have changed them a couple of months ago. You can do it within 5 min for both sides. Just unclip the metal clip on the top-mount with a small flathead screwdriver. Then you can pop it of easy.

New struts: just click in place and done!

I have bought the struts from the Stabilus brand. OEM BMW also uses Stabilus.

Apr 17, 2018 | 05:30 AM

kenza750

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by the way: Make sure somebody else will hold the trunk door for you when you pop-off the strut. Otherwise it will fall down on your head. One remaining strut will not hold the trunk door open....

Apr 19, 2018 | 05:22 AM

FuzzyWuzzy

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If you don't have a third hand to help, you can always use that plastic support beam that's under the cargo mat. Pretty hefty and can/will hold the weight of the rear hatch.