I got mine at Pep Boys about 15 years ago (original VW ones were 12 years old) before I ever knew about this List or the List Vendors; they've worked just fine all these years...and they have a lifetime warranty.� Nothing weird that I can recall about replacement of the originals.

Rich
San Diego

--- On Fri, 4/13/12, ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Weird Hatch Struts?
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Friday, April 13, 2012, 12:57 PM

Yea ,mine just went flat on me too. I got them from the local u pull it
salvage with many other parts and am looking to replace with good new ones
at reasonable price!! I know cheap parts are cheaply made. Any hints??

Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy

On Apr 13, 2012 2:50 PM, "David Bjorkman" <ddbjorkman@verizon.net> wrote:

Careful with weird struts.� They usually do not work as VW intended.
Westys, in particular, have struts that allow for closing the hatch part
way and staying there.� My experience with the cheap ones is that
they don't work like that and go flat real quick.� That hatch is HEAVY.

Dave B.

On 04/13/12, Loren Busch<starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

Did I make a mistake? I needed new rear ha...