Hi all,

Apologies if this has been done to death, but clearly my forum Seach skills must be letting me down.

I need to replace both the gas Spring struts for the rear hatch and the glass lift struts on my R5 TDi.


Plenty of parts available on eBay but it seems that the 2.5 tdi isn't a model that made it much past Europe or AU, some sites suggest that the struts change depending on VINs.??

I'm interested to know if anyone has done this on their AU delivered R5? And if so, do you know any local suppliers in Australia and if you happen to know the part numbers.

I have managed to find the following:
7L6 827 550 N main hatch
7L6 845 587 A rear glass

Thanks in advance for your help forum team.
G