Seadoo front hood strut breaking

[antSTX]

Hey, fairly new to owning a Seadoo (2013 RXTX260RS), and in the 4 weeks that I have owned it I have had to replace the front hood strut end piece/clip twice already. Ive always been careful when opening/closing the front hood, and both times I have found the piece to be already broken when opening the front hood after riding. I have read that this is pretty common, and the only solution I could find was to keep replacing it at $18 dollars a piece. So I set about finding a better solution, and off to Bunnings I went.

The front hood strut end piece (with broken tabs) - seadoo part number 269501717: