Cheap Nissan Vanette Bonnet Strut

The Nissan Vanette is a van/MPV that uses a traditional bonnet stay rod rather than gas-charged bonnet struts to prop the bonnet open - no variant of the Vanette was fitted with bonnet struts as standard. If your bonnet is not staying up, the part you are likely looking for is the bonnet stay rod and its retaining clip or bracket. Ask your breaker specifically for the bonnet stay rod for your Vanette's registration to get the correct item.

On the Nissan Vanette the bonnet is held open by a manual stay rod, sometimes called a bonnet prop rod or bonnet support rod, which slots into a hole in the bonnet or a bracket on the engine bay side. This is a simple metal rod rather than the gas strut you find on many modern cars. Search for 'Nissan Vanette bonnet stay rod' or 'bonnet prop rod' when contacting breakers on Findapart.

While aftermarket conversion kits exist that can add gas struts to vehicles originally fitted with stay rods, these are not a like-for-like used part and would not be sourced through a breakers yard in the way a standard replacement would be. For a straightforward repair, replacing the original bonnet stay rod is the practical and cost-effective solution. A vehicle dismantler on Findapart can supply the correct stay rod from a donor Vanette matched to your registration.

Bonnet struts simply were not part of the Vanette's design - Nissan used a manual prop rod on this model, so you will not find a gas strut listed because it was never fitted from the factory. This is common across many vans and older MPVs of the Vanette's era, where the stay rod was the industry standard approach. Contact a breaker through Findapart quoting your registration and ask for the bonnet stay rod, and they should be able to identify the correct part from a suitable donor vehicle.