Received my pair of replacement tailgate gas struts for my Elgrand about half an hour ago. Fitted them already. Can't believe how easy it was, anybody could do it. Working perfectly. SGS matched the part number no problem and even helped select the longer strut that I wanted to get extra height on the tailgate.

As an Elgrand owner and being over 6 feet tall I, like a lot of others, was fed up with the tailgate not going up high enough with the factory fitted dampers. Without those dampers, and and assistant, there was clearly a massive lift of headroom possible. SGS do replacement or bespoke dampers for most scenarios so I asked for a set for the Elgrand but to give at least an extra 8 inches of lift. Within a couple of days I had a set in the post and they worked to a good new height and were very easy to fit once given the knowledge from SGS. (in fact they are much easier than taking off or re-fitting the factory ones with a much better rotating pin system).
I did have one problem in as much that the new full height was not reached without some hand help (even though they were the same Nm force as factory ones) but there was not enough power for a clean lift - unless one was prepared to wait an hour or so!!
So, once again with the help of SGS, they were returned, checked and given an extra 50Nm of gas force (so now 850Nm) returned to me and re-fitted. Now they are absolutely perfect - opening the tailgate in one steady lift to well over my height and never being too fierce a lift to hold or too tough to close. Simply Brilliant!

So if you want to do the same for your Elgrand make sure you order from SGS this quality product, specify 850Nm and they'll be great - all from a rather good and helpful team at SGS - especially Laura there who helped me get to a very satisfactory solution and conclusion!

hassle free fast delivery good value for money