I tryed that mate, they are all totally seized, iv cut mine out of the brackets so when I can get £60 together im going to buy a set of eg ones, n if im right and they do fit on my original brackets then its ideal as iv got a brand new pair for a fraction of the price of a second hand pair of mb's lol
lol Glad to hear you got it open mate. Never heard of the struts seizing before, so that's a new one! Will be handy to know in case any other members get the same fault