Aloha, Following the procedure set forth in a forum on replacing the tailgate struts in an 850, I was happy with how everything went until the replacement struts arrived. I ordered them by OEM part number 8643038, but the ends are oriented the same way, whereas the installed struts face opposite:inw...

First, thanks so much for the great information and pics of this process. Without them, I'd have paid $200-300 to fix these. Now on to my predicament. For some reason, when I ordered (by the part number), the struts arrived with the two ends facing the same direction, whereas the originals face oppo...