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Hi sheriff, thank you for that I have just checked and would you credit it it is Euro 6, so thank you I have just got a years reprieve as it is not ten years old yet so can stay on as a taxi thank you

Hi Guys, I have a 2016 Superb Exec estate that has been a private hire taxi for the last 3 years, when I purchased the vehicle back in 2019 it had factory fitted privacy glass in all the rear windows. Because of the licensing authority's ruling on privacy glass it cost just over £1200 to buy the standard clear glass from Skoda and a further £350 to have auto glass come round and replace one for the other. I am now looking at buying a newer Superb (Euro 6) as mine has the Euro 5 diesel engine and only has 10 months taxi plate remaining before it is deemed un-clean and unworthy of a taxi plate although it flies through the governments MOT emissions test every time ? But it is what it is and we will never beat the establishment. My question is !! will the clear glass in my 2016 model fit a new updated model or have they changed the door spec and size ? Hope somebody can help, thanks guys

I agree, they charge an absolute fortune its disgusting but I am taxi driver I do not earn enough money to pay these exorbitant charges so rather than the car be off the road while they try and figure it out it was easier to just fit gas struts and get back out there earning.

The car went into VAG at Bolton and they could not find the fault ? one minute it would work and open as usual the next time I tried to close it from tailgate switch it would not work. It was embarrassing as the car is a taxi so the boot is in use continually and trying to close it manually is difficult especially when customers are sat in the car waiting. that is when I took the decision to just sack it off and replace with Gas struts, its great now. hope that helps you

I know this post was originally in 2022 but it has so helped me now in Jan 2024. I have a 2016 skoda superb estate with electric struts that stopped working, These cost over £500 each to replace so did not want to go down this road. So I searched around for used ones from scrapyards etc and spent £350 for a used pair, what a waste of money they didn't work. I bought a pair of after market knock offs from ebay at £250 again no joy they wouldn't work but I managed to get a refund thankfully. I decided after loads of messing about to replace them with gas struts from europarts at £78 a pair. They work perfectly fine but as you said on here the tailgate does not go quite as high as it did with the electric ones and you risk banging your head when using the boot.... Well after reading this post I've sussed it, it is not the number 52 bracket you need it is number 5 Ball stud (5E5827439) !! when you open the tailgate have a look about 4 or 5 inches below where the bottom of the electric struts fit, there is small rubber gromit protecting a threaded hole this hole is where the ball stud fits for the GAS struts Yessssss. When you fit the bottom bit of the gas strut to this hole once you have screwed in a ball stud... success the tailgate lifts to the proper height, thanks guys hope this helps someone else as it was a proper light bulb moment for me, thank you all

Hi, yes the pair I have on now cost me £350 from a breakers yard. Unknown to me when I bought them they had butchered the retaining clips getting them off. So now they won’t snap to the ball joint on the tailgate or the boot surround. I’m at my wits end with the damn thing certainly not looking to have my pants down with new ones at over £500 each it’s scandalous

“Why would I do that” !! well that’s why I’m asking for help and advice I’ve already tried these Chinese knock offs off eBay and they don’t work, I ended up sending them back for a refund. “Why would I do that” !! well to fit genuine Skoda struts at £516 each plus vat plus fitting and coding I’m looking at around £1700/1800 and that is an independent Skoda dealer not main dealer. Just hoping that someone had replaced with manual gas struts at £30 each and had success, thank you though for your input I appreciate it ….

Hi guys, I have 2016 skoda superb estate that requires new electric tailgate struts 🙈🙈 They are over £500 for each side then fitting and coding/programming it’s gonna cost a fortune. Does anyone know or if it’s been done or even possible to just replace electric struts with a standard pair of gas struts costing £31 each …. Please help it’s doing me in as the car is a working taxi, thank you