Volvo 480 Club Europe

So my springs cannot hold the window anymore, but i can't find any replacement specifically for the 480. So does someone know any compatible springs i can use?

They are widely available. However...‎

My choice would be to send yours (along with the pop up light gas struts which are probably also very weak now)‎ to SGS Engineering. They will recharge yours and if they hold a pressure, send them back. If they don't hold pressure, they'll send you replacements. 

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

jamescarruthers wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:12 pm

They are widely available. However...‎

My choice would be to send yours (along with the pop up light gas struts which are probably also very weak now)‎ to SGS Engineering. They will recharge yours and if they hold a pressure, send them back. If they don't hold pressure, they'll send you replacements. 

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

Handy wee thing to know James...

out of curiosity, I take it a failure of a gas strut can put excess wear on a motor long term?

I think the pop-up motor teeth will be under more pressure with a knackered strut when deploying the lights. But then you could argue that they will be under more pressure when retracting with a fully charged strut! So, I don't really know if it will prolong the light motor's life-- more spread the wear out!

I would say that the big issue with depleted struts on the pop-ups is that they bounce around like crazy when you are driving which must annoy other drivers and also yourself on a long journey on the motorway at night. After replacing/regassing the struts, they'll need aligned as the lights will be slightly higher. ‎‎

SGS don’t recharge them, but they will give you brand new ones of equal length and poundage.
Henry (the green turbo) has a set on the pop ups; they list the tailgate ones in their catalogue and I tried to get them to include the pop ups in there too (after having mine as samples), so they may be there now.

I don't know where everyone stands on the Skandix front but... they say they offer both. Not sure of the going rate over here; weather these are highly priced or not.

http://www.skandix.de/en/spare-parts/bo ... ?f=s240274

Skandix = thieves

They do recharge them as they did two of the four I sent them. Can't remember which two they managed to do though. ‎

jifflemon wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:39 pm

Skandix = thieves

I did know your thoughts!

jamescarruthers wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:12 pm

They are widely available. However...‎

My choice would be to send yours (along with the pop up light gas struts which are probably also very weak now)‎ to SGS Engineering. They will recharge yours and if they hold a pressure, send them back. If they don't hold pressure, they'll send you replacements. 

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

I'm going to try to use universal springs for the hatch they should do it just fine.

A word of caution.

I have 1 strut on the hatch the same size as the originals which came from a rover 216 coupe.

Holds the glass great but I recently noticed that when closed it pushes the glass out of line giving a small gap at the rear lamp.

For the hatch and lamps have a look at the body of the strut and you might see a small ridge, this is a by pass. There is no pressure until lifted and when closed the assistance stops.

Something to be aware of.

Fox wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:53 pm

jamescarruthers wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:12 pm

They are widely available. However...‎

My choice would be to send yours (along with the pop up light gas struts which are probably also very weak now)‎ to SGS Engineering. They will recharge yours and if they hold a pressure, send them back. If they don't hold pressure, they'll send you replacements. 

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

I'm going to try to use universal springs for the hatch they should do it just fine.

you can get correct length and poundage units from 'tinternet' I got a pair and were not 'super' expensive, well not into rear-light arena