Rebuilding Deck Lid Struts

I'm going to look for my originals at home. I might be interested in the rebuild. I'm really into keeping my car stock except for the motor, brakes, suspension, wheels, & tires

I'm interested. Any price break for a dozen pairs?

Man, RacerDave, you're going for the original thing all out!

Tell you what, put me down as a "probably" since my struts work fine, look 'ok' (like your photo) but by the time you get the dozen folks, they may show how poorly they work in winter.

Add me in. If a price break cometh, the more likely!

Add me as a "probably" too. Especially if there's a price break. My original struts still work fine after all these years - on a hot day. But they don't do a damn thing to hold the deck lid up on a cool or cold day.

I have a set of stuts that need rebuilding. Count me in.

Ron

Please count me in also.

Not all the originals can be rebuilt. The seals will leak around the old rods.The rebuilder told me it was very important that the struts had been installed with the rods down. He also asked what I expected after 35 years of service. Been there, done that.

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Originally posted by racerdave:
http://strutwise.com/index.php This looks like a good source to get struts rebuilt. They have rebuilt struts for Panteras before. I was quoted $130.00 for the pair. I really want to keep the original look of the strut. They do have a Cortte&Cosso vinyl decal, but I was told if they got an order for 12 pairs of rebuilds, they could screen print the logo just like original.
Well, I'm sending in my struts, now I just need 11 more Pantera owners to do the same.
So forget those skinny aftermarket struts that look like something from a Honda Civic, and get your “Man-Size” Italian struts rebuilt!

Strut-wise did my NSX struts PERFECTLY

Me too. Is the ability to rebuild difference related to the year?

hey,racerdave,that sounds great.Count me in.What do we need to do?

I've been looking for this type of service and would like to go in on this. I like the looks of the originals but got tired of the deck hitting me in the head....

Let me know the details.

Chip

Mine would just slowly creak down, sort of like the minute hand on a clock; you can't really see it moving, but you can tell that it has.
I hope that means my struts are good enough to rebuild. I've got a little fiberglass rod with plastic tips as a prop now.

The ability to rebuild seems to be the condition of the rod. I had one that held pressure and one didn't.

I invited Frank at StrutWise to post something to this forum, but no reply yet. Here's an excerpt from an e-mail he sent me.

{Visa or Mastercard is fine.
What i do with shipping David is you can post them to me&just write on the customs document"To be repaired"&nil value&that works fine.
You can ship Post,UPS FedEX etc}

No word on the screen printing of the Cortte&Cosso logo or any group discount. If you have questions, contact Frank at info@strutwise.com.
Hopefully he'll post something here when he has a chance.

Here’s some updated information on shipping. Don’t declare a “zero” value on the customs’ form. The guy at the post office advised me against it, so I went with $10.00. My struts made it to Strutwise just fine, but I guess another pair of struts was delayed at customs because of the zero value issue.

I sent my pair, to Strutwise the other day, and sould be there on Monday.
Does anyone know, how many pairs have been shipped to Strutwise for rebuilding?

Thanks,
Ted
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Did we every find out if there would be a price break if we sent x-number of struts to be rebuilt?

Count me in,i have a car show on sat then will be shipping mine on monday.

Sorry, no price break, but $130.00 a pair isn't bad the only other quote I had was $150.00 EACH!

I phoned Frank yesterday and I'll be sending mine up very soon. He confirmed the $130 price and to declare a $10 value for the struts on the customs form. He asked a few questions on my struts present condition and felt he could repair them. It doesn't seem likely that the silk screened emblem thing is going to happen, he said the stickers are good quality though.

Does anyone know where I could find a set of the rubber dust boots?

Anyone gotten their struts back yet? Frank confirmed receipt of mine in early november but that's the last I've heard from him.
BTW, if anyone could help me out with a set of the rubber boots, I'm still looking.

I sent mine about the 10th of nov and talked to Frank tues mine are about ready to ship in a couple of days.Hope that helps give you a time frame.
Merry Christmas

Okay, who has received theirs?

Quality? Results? Final price?

I am just starting out with a local original owner in resurrecting his '73 that has sat since '92. He wants to rebuild his, not buy newer replacements.

Would like some feedback before sending his.

thanks,

Larry

I talked with Frank today mine are done and should ship this week.Will post results soon i hope.

I got mine back a month ago. They look fine, but my car is "tucked in" for the winter so I haven't been able to test them yet. I don't anticipate any problems.

Frank advised mine were done and would ship last friday. Two and a half months from receipt, and still to get back into my hands yet. I'm sure it'll work out to a full three months out of the car.
He charged me $75 each. Not sure yet what the shipping cost is.
I guess I'm glad I did this over the winter.

Three month turn around seems alittle long?

My struts reappeared the other day. Total charges with shipping was just under $175.

Repainted satin black. They look like new. I wonder how he gets those things apart.

Anyway, I put them back in, no more drooping deck lid now. These things have got some oomph. You've got to pull the lid down to latch. I don't think it's enough to distort anything though.

To raise it, push down on the lid, press the release button and it rises pretty quickly all by itself through about 2/3 of it's travel then creeps up to full open slowly.

Miss P's winter abode is heated, but when I'm not there I keep it at about 38 degrees. The lid didn't droop at all overnight.

Well my struts showed up today approx 2 1/2 months and let me tell you it was worth the wait.The deck is so smooth opens 3/4 of the way then creeps up the balance as in previous post.
Frank is the man if you want it original and to work the way they should thats where to go.I am a happy dude,forgot what engine looked like.Well worth the cost and wait.