New rear hatch shocks? Preferably better than OEM?

[machmike]

Any better than stock rear hatch shocks? I'm sick of smashing my skull into the hatch as it slowly creeps down after opening it in the colder months. I'm already on borrowed neurons. I trust this forums opinion better than LR.

Cheers
Mike

 

[jlach993]

i don't think anything would beat stock OEM struts honestly. They do age after about 10 years naturally.

 

[TrinidadLR4]

I replaced mine with LiftoMats and they're ok. So far lasted 1.5 years. Were cheap too. Dunno.

 

[Waterndirt]

I'm almost two years into these. No problems so far.

 

[cperez]

I installed a set of Maxpow struts after adding an aftermarket ladder ($20 on AMZ but “currently unavailable”). They have performed well for over a year and in all seasons/temps.

 

[machmike]

i don't think anything would beat stock OEM struts honestly. They do age after about 10 years naturally.

That would be awesome if they actually lasted 30% of that time. We are talking about the rear hatch shocks right (not suspension)? My OEM started failing after 3 years.

 

[machmike]

I installed a set of Maxpow struts after adding an aftermarket ladder ($20 on AMZ but “currently unavailable”). They have performed well for over a year and in all seasons/temps.

I'll have to put those on an alert. Pretty much everything is out of stock. The bullwhip effect on the supply chain from COVID is going to take a few years to straighten out.

 

[Phil-C]

I got the Strong Arm lift struts from Amazon. Worked great on my Lexus lx470.
When my LR4 struts get tired, I’ll use the same same brand.

 

[Fuji4]

I got the Strong Arm lift struts from Amazon. Worked great on my Lexus lx470.
When my LR4 struts get tired, I’ll use the same same brand.

Just put those on my lr4. Work amazingly well

 

[powershift]

My hatch struts went out and would no longer keep the hatch open so I bought Stabilus brand at Oreillys. When the hood struts went out I was happy with the Stabilus brand. But what I'm finding with Stabilus hatch struts is the hatch can only have 2 absolute positions. Before the repair I would angle the hatch down in the afternoon to block the sun when tailgating. They didn't have any other options for struts.

Maybe I should have bought the Land Rover brand because that was the brand that was on the rig that went out, 125k mi. but trying to source them in an emergency is hard. They were probably original. Does anyone use more than open and closed positions? What brand?