This is a genuine BMW gas pressurized spring, part number 86 29 0 008 775. The number stamped on the part is 86290008775; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 0008775. You will find it on our Instruments & Electronics shelf, under Group 29.
It fits every E36 body style (318i, 318ti, 320i, 323i, 325i and 328i, 1992–1999), with the M40, M42, M43, M44, M50 or M52 engines — and the European-market versions.
BMW draws it on 5 diagrams, among them Hood parts, rear door (03_3835) and Hood parts, rear door (03_3836). It weighs about 138 g (0.3 lb).
We have not had one on the shelf yet. Request it and we will tell you when one comes off a car.
