EZ DOES IT

TAILGATE GAS STRUTS ADD A TOUCH OF CONVENIENCE AND CLASS TO A WORK-AND-PLAY UTE.

WORDS AND PHOTOS GLENN TORRENS

THE EZDown – gas struts attached to a ute – easily lowers the tailgate as it’s opened. Installing them is dead simple, but my Toyota Hilux – like many utes these days – uses Torx fasteners for some of its fittings, which threw up a minor challenge. Rather than borrow, I bought a small, inexpensive kit of Torx bits to provide me with the means of unscrewing things. Instructions are provided and the task took about 20 minutes, including some chin-scratching time and a cuppa. I removed the Hilux’s cable upper retaining bolts – one side at a time to prevent the tailgate dropping – and replaced them with the provided bolts that hold the top end of the gas struts. The tailgate bolts were dealt with in a similar way; the…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2017

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