C5 X7 Boot Lid Struts

[renagade1]

is it poss. to increase the strength of the boot lid springs on a c5 x7. When my wife closes the boot lid she just lets it drop and BANG the lid closes. It would be nice to when pressing the opener switch it would just rise a little.

[paul.h]

Sounds as if the gas struts have leaked a bit and need replacing. You might need to get them from a Citroen dealer. The part number might be 8371R7 but a search did not come up with anything on ebay.

[Pete_L]

I expect you have sorted it out by now, but just in case, I got my replacement struts from here, excellent service.

 

https://www.sgs-engineering.com/gas-struts

[paul.h]

Welcome to the forum.

 

I have no idea what Citroen charge for struts but the ones in the link I suspect are a fraction of the price of dealer ones.