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Old May 2, 2007 | 04:42 PM
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Tailgate strut great addition!

I put an Ez Down tailgate strut on my 2005 F350 in about 30 min. and wow, what an improvement! The strut allows the tailgate to slowly lower on its own instead of dropping or having to be lowered by me. As I use the truck daily for my service business this saves me some aggravation. Check it out online under DeeZee. It cost me 89.00 Canadian but I saw them advertised on the DeeZee site for 69.00 U.S. and on Ebay for 55.00 US plus shipping.
 
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Old May 2, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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Does it slow it down when closing as well...or just when you lower it?
 
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Closing it is no difference.
 
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Old May 2, 2007 | 05:31 PM
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Excellent......thanks
 
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Old May 3, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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does it make it lighter to close?

i have a rubber mat on mine and it's prety heavy.
 
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Old May 3, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by artfuldodger
I put an Ez Down tailgate strut on my 2005 F350 in about 30 min. and wow, what an improvement! The strut allows the tailgate to slowly lower on its own instead of dropping or having to be lowered by me. As I use the truck daily for my service business this saves me some aggravation. Check it out online under DeeZee. It cost me 89.00 Canadian but I saw them advertised on the DeeZee site for 69.00 U.S. and on Ebay for 55.00 US plus shipping.
The company claims that they only have the model for the F150 in current production and the F250 / 350 will be available "in 9 months or so". Did you buy the one for the F150?
 
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Old May 3, 2007 | 08:56 PM
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i put one of these on in no time a few days ago. great little mod! you can find it on e-bay as i did for $55 and free shipping. just a note, when installing this it says to remove the rubber stop on driver side inside the tailgate. i found it unnecessary to do this. mine works fine with it left in. it is a well made custom piece.
 
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