Hi .. does anyone know of a hood strut that has more capacity than the ones in our part number?

My hood has has some composite filler added to it before painting, to aid with gap fit etc, so the hood is much heavier then normal. The standard Stabilus hood struts won't hold it up. I have tried the Stabilus struts for the 959, in that part number, which feature a lockout at the top, which held the hood, but after a few years even those gave out to the weight of my hood and couldn't hold it up anymore. By the way, those 959 hood struts were almost $100 bucks a side. They works great at the start, but didn't last.


Seems like Stabulis is the main producer of these and I just need to find one with the right length, mounting hole size, and weight capacity.

Any Stabilus experts out there?

https://www.stabilus.com/products/locking-gas-springs

Many thanks in advance