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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: nikkiy9 on 28 April 2011, 09:08
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i know you can use the rear boot pistons to mod the bonnet, BUT do the pistons off other makes work just as well???
got a vectra thats ready to get scrapped and i'm thinging of trying them on my bonnet
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If its going to the scrap man why dont you take em off anyway and try and test fit em? Providing there long enough and the holes line up i guess its fine lol
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If they're shorter the bonnet wont open as wide. If there longer it will open a bit wider simple
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Also worth remembering that if they are really designed for a heavy tailgate you could end up bending the bonnet.
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saying this....
iv got the boot struts but they havent got the bolts etc at the ends to attach... where can i get these from?
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Also worth remembering that if they are really designed for a heavy tailgate you could end up bending the bonnet.
Quoting my info again Wayne! :angry: :evil:
Which when I posted that a year or so back was poo pood as rubbish!
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i know you can use the rear boot pistons to mod the bonnet, BUT do the pistons off other makes work just as well???
got a vectra thats ready to get scrapped and i'm thinging of trying them on my bonnet
You can buy nice shiny chrome ones like I did for about £15.
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Also worth remembering that if they are really designed for a heavy tailgate you could end up bending the bonnet.
Quoting my info again Wayne! :angry: :evil:
Which when I posted that a year or so back was poo pood as rubbish!
I was not aware you had posted it, in which case sorry.
Still seams a daft idea to me.
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I have them on mine fitted by the previous owner.
They are aftermarket and very soft so maybe thats a good bet?
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I have them on mine fitted by the previous owner.
They are aftermarket and very soft so maybe thats a good bet?
Yes it's only holding up a bonnet.
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Just fitted mine yesterday - no worries at all.
They are fairly gentle in operation - no risk of bending the bonnet.
Probably less than 10 mins and about a tenner if you get the bits from a scrapper http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=112349.0
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these are a tiny bit shorter than the one's on my boot, but it'll do until i can find longer ones,
all works mint, just got the 13mm bolts and fitted nuts to the bottom
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Apparently some can damage the wings, thats why i'm in two minds about putting mine on, although probably will put them on anyway...
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If your'e planning on opening the bonnet catch and allowing it to fly up and bounce when the struts are at full extension - then dare I say, you'd be a bit of a wally and yes, you could damage something.
Clearly the bonnet weighs a lot less than a boot lid. By using the same struts, they're naturally going to open it with more force but having an ounce of common sense and a bit of restraint - you aren't going to damage anything.
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I have them on mine fitted by the previous owner.
They are aftermarket and very soft so maybe thats a good bet?
Yes it's only holding up a bonnet.
Haha... :smiley:
I meant they seem very smooth when opening and closing the bonnet.