Re: [DMCForum] Re: door struts
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Re: [DMCForum] Re: door struts



no you dont have to send the report, i just wanted to know who not to
buy the struts from.

mark



"twinenginedmc12 " wrote:

>  --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, id <ionicdesign@xxxx> wrote:
> > there was a big discussion at one time about who sells the correct
> door
> > struts and i cant remember who it was. i know one vendor was selling
>
> > struts that were too short or too long and was damaging the ball
> mounts
> > because they were not compressing correctly.
> >
> > so my question is who sells the correct door struts?
> >
> > mark
>
> Hi Mark.
>
> I'm the guy who did the strut test, after I bought struts that
> damaged my car from a trusted vendor.  The incorrect struts came from
> DeLorean Motor Company in Houston.  Though they apparently originate
> from the same factory as some other struts, they are dimensioned
> wrongly.  More dissappointing to me than the damage to my car, which
> wasn't bad because I noticed the flaw right away, and only closed the
> door once, was DeLorean Motor Company's subsequent blame shifting.
> They had an opportunity to admit their mistake, and make it right,
> and they missed it.  But I don't like to slam them too much; I might
> want to buy something from them someday, and the DeLorean community
> is kind of small, so I'm uninclined to piss anybody off too badly.
>
> I tested four struts in all, P.J. Grady's, John Hervey's, DeLorean
> Motor Center's, and DeLorean Motor Company's.
>
> I could be very happy with struts from DeLorean Motor Center, John
> Hervey, or P.J. Grady. All three were very good, and only
> differentiated themselve from each other by subtle differences.  On
> my car, I have P.J. Grady struts.  They work fine, as do struts from
> DeLorean Motor Center (Don Steger, California), or John Hervey.
>
>
> If you want, I can send you a copy of the report.  It's a big file,
> though, and doesn't really say anything that I haven't in this post.
>
> Rick Gendreau
>
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