Incorrect door struts.

["twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxx>]

I recently purchased a set of door struts. Unfortunately, the 
geometry of the replacement struts was not compatible with the 
original struts, or the car itself. The cylinder body of the 
replacement strut was about 5mm longer than the original Stabilus 
Lift-o-mat struts. I failed to notice this small but very important 
difference, and installed one of the struts, and to my horror found 
that the strut mounting post on the roof support was bent during the 
very first trial door closure. It turned out the cylinder body 
bottomed out against the mounting post, and because of the geometry 
involved, pushed against the post with a force of what I later 
calculated was about 2500 pounds. I would advize anyone replacing 
their struts to measure the new versus the old, to verify that you're 
not receiving one of these subtly, but dangerously wrong struts, 
unless you have complete faith in your supplier. I expect that any 
unfortunate soul who inadvertently buys and installs a set of these 
incorrect struts, and puts his trust in the supplier, is risking 
destruction of the mounting boss down the road due to stress fatigue 
failure. 
Personally, I find the sale of an improperly specified strut that is 
meant to hold a 100+ pound piece of metal in the air safely over my 
or my passenger's head a reprehensible act. 

Rick Gendreau.

11472 twin engine Delorean.