Bonnet gas struts

[nickmcgill]

As above,

Anyone know if it is doable ?

Any idea on pricing if it's not to ridiculous

BE 5 Legacy.

[D-Style]

Seen some El Cheapo kit on Trademe/Ebay. Tein do a Kit aswell.

[BLAZD]

[BLAZD]

mine were $65, ill check if they have your model

[familyman]

BE has a heavy bonnet? How abought some wagon boot struts and make some mounts?

[Pelvin]

 BLAZD said:

Looks good

[nickmcgill]

Yeah it's the heavy bonnet not the light weight ones.

[familyman]

Try boot struts. If they don't work, fashion into stilts or earthquake shock absorbers for heavy cabinet inside.

[gotasuby]

ask 99gtb he has them on his bh

[pharnos]

Just spotted this:

http://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=19214

has a link to the product:

http://www.gimmickmotorsports.com/shop/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=20

[Scoobydoo]

Yep I'm gonna get some of these, but it's not high on the list of priorities atm.

[ODB]

a pretty decent mod to have for a performance car imo.

Should bonnet fly up it wont splatter your windscreen either most likely!

Seen that happen to a skyline @ 100km/h. He ran off the road and into a power pole -luckily he had slowed quite significantly by then.

[Joker]

yea right like the wee plastic will hold up to that kind of force

but still neat!

[ODB]

 JoKer said:

yea right like the wee plastic will hold up to that kind of force

but still neat!

Arent these metal?

At $90 or whatever id expect metal not plastic!

[Joker]

what ever it is I bet a dollar it wont hold a bonnet from smacking the windscreen at 100kph (or the area just above it)

[BLAZD]

there all metal

it will tear ur guard off before flying away

[Joker]

I have a spare car to test on

[ODB]

 JoKer said:

what ever it is I bet a dollar it wont hold a bonnet from smacking the windscreen at 100kph (or the area just above it)

BLAZD: are you up for the challenge? Ill put the dollar up and you drive up to 100km/h and release bonnet!

[BLAZD]

lol the latch wills till hold it down though

i have a alloy bonnet so when i do pop she does fly up pretty fast

[Stoffa]

 BLAZD said:

mine were $65, ill check if they have your model

where did you get them from? does it actually come with a bracket that bolts to your hinge or just a plain jane strut that bolts into the bonnet?

[BLAZD]

no no its a complete lil kit, with sep bracket n everything, there actually really good

got them from a company down south , can chase up the name

i have a spair set for GF GC8

[Optical]

another diy here

http://www.rs25.com/forums/f105/t59278-diy-hood-struts.html

I also have a GF boot gas strut, but it's so damn powerful i get the impression it's going to bend my bonnet in half... will see what happens. better than the stock bonnet stay thing flapping around everywhere.

on the prova legacy it has some very nice little prova eiffel gas struts, they work very very well and are super tidy

[94 Leone]

Why Not A folding Hold/lock system, where You open the bonnet, It unfolds as you lift the bonnet and locks into place, Then when you want to close it, you press down the button, move the locker or what ever, fold it down , and you'll be fine.

Just a thought.

Edit:Just thinking some more, Then realised this would probably minimise the workspace that one would have for under the bonnet, when it's open. Silly me That is why one uses gas struts no? to allow ease of open, and So you have more space to move around when the bonnet is open.

I remember A Toyota Windom a while back My dad and I were doing some work on had some pretty powerful gas struts for the bonnet, Have a look into them, As they held Up a rather Heavy bonnet quite well.

Extra Edit: More realising, that the folding lock system may provide for more space (than the regular lift arm) If It were placed a little farther backwards (towards the windscreen) Though may cause nuiscance when closing bonnet, due to the need for manual deactivation, by hand.

[familyman]

A similar setup is found on Toyota forklifts. A possible source of cheap theft ... I mean acquisition.

[subi4snow]

Did mine a few weeks ago using boot struts from an old legacy... Work a treat, they are strong enough to hold the standard weight bonnet with only one but i figured with both i can always disconnect one if need to work from the side at all...