Hey you know the strut I used to support the westy kitchen lid? This blog post. I had three left over looking for a home. Got to use two today in my old and venerable Thule ski box. Phil is wrong when he says it’s a clunky, ugly, and heavy old thing. Its a classic, and it’s strong with double wall construction.
But it has one annoying feature when used on the van, the stock support strut doesn’t hold the lid open enough for loading some things.
Gas struts to the rescue!
shooftie 
#1 by westywanderer on May 24, 2017 - 7:48 am
You gonna make those Chinese sellers RICH!
#2 by albell on May 24, 2017 - 8:35 am
I know. I’ve got this nasty habit now of spending an average of 20 bucks every two weeks on a banggood order. I think I’m running around 80% satisfaction with my purchase choices.
And the struts? I bought four originally, it was a four pack deal for around Can$16. Not a bad investment, discounting my very expensive labour rate 🙂
Cheers
Alistair