Scot, Thanks for reposting. Your message get back to what I was saying about Stabilus as Rob and I sell. The original manufacture and more than likely the consistency of the same manufacturing processing. At least you have the feeling that a re adjustment will be good. Also, Stabilus builds in a very small amount of damper oil in almost all struts, but the ones I'm working on are very much that way. For the vendor comment, I don't have a recording ( back in 2 or 3 day's ) if I'm not here to leave a message and I will get back to you. I also have hours of 9am to 9pm 7/7, but leave a message if not here. John Hervey www.specialtauto.com Home of the original De Lorean struts. -----Original Message----- From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of sgskbm Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 4:57 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DML] Door Strut Debate and use of real names I posted twice concerning struts and I have no reason not to give my name. My name is Scot Stern, I own 6452. The car has approximately 12,200 miles on it and I bought my last set of struts from P.J. Grady. I need new ones now as they only open about half way and before, they did go all the way up. Rob explained, in one of his posts, that he now has a new vendor and that makes me feel better. I would see no point in buying the same struts as my originals and expecting any other conclusion than what I have experienced now. Personally, I think that the discussion is less than valid as it would appear that each car has different variables based upon adjustments of the torsion bars and the actual weight of the door. In addition, I am also willing to bet that no two struts, even form the same batch, perform the same and, therefore, it would appear that all of them are a crap shoot. The temperature controlled units seem interesting but I really don't have extreme temperature variances in San Diego. I tried to call one vendor, during normal business hours, and all I got was an answering machine and a message that said they would try to call me back within a day or two. If it is that difficult to buy then how would I obtain service information if I had a problem? All in all, most of the vendors offer good products and even better advice. It will boil down to a matter of convenience and price as no one seems to have a clear-cut advantage. I am not ashamed to use my name and I was certainly not trying to hide in any way. My direct email address is scotstern@xxxxxxxx Simple and open??the way I would like my doors to operate. Scot Stern 6452 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dick Ryan <deloreanbiker@xxxx> wrote: > For those of you who do not believe "real neames" > should be used, I'd like to suggest that, at a > minimum, any post that is critical of another owner > or critcal of a vendor's product should be "signed". > > In a civilized society, courtesy and ethics are just > as important as privacy. > > Dick Ryan > VIN 16867 > > > > > > --- Woody <BePositive2000@xxxx> wrote: > > > Obviously, there are situations where real names > > should be required by > > the moderators or managers of a site. > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/