Bonnet Dampers

[Bazza1975]

Hi,

Has anyone here fitted bonnet dampers to their VR6 ?

I only ask as I bought some a few weeks ago but when I went to fit them yesterday I found that the bolt in the inner wing is actually a screw thread but the bolts supplied are something like M8 & M10's.

I phoned the company & was told that I have to screw the new bolts in place of the old ones & fit a washer & nut underneath ? Is this right & if so how do I get underneath the bolts to fit the washers & nuts ?


Cheers for any help.


Baz

[dom]

Get yourself to a scrappy & pick up some boot struts, they work perfectly. There should be no need to fit washers & nuts.

[*tell*]

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=112388.0

 

[Bellend]

Get yourself to a scrappy & pick up some boot struts, they work perfectly. There should be no need to fit washers & nuts.

Yes there is.

[dom]

Get yourself to a scrappy & pick up some boot struts, they work perfectly. There should be no need to fit washers & nuts.

Yes there is.

Well I'd love to know how you propose he fits a nut without removing the wing

When I fitted mine they screwed into an existing hole in the wing, granted I used a washer but there was no need for a nut.

[Bellend]

Get yourself to a scrappy & pick up some boot struts, they work perfectly. There should be no need to fit washers & nuts.

Yes there is.

Well I'd love to know how you propose he fits a nut without removing the wing

When I fitted mine they screwed into an existing hole in the wing, granted I used a washer but there was no need for a nut.

Please don't use the " " when you clearly don't know what you're on about. 

Ask Shady, read the thread he made.

You slot a 13mm spanner nut and washer under the wing where the  boot strut lines up. Unless you had some magical strut or put them on in a completely different place to the rest of the forum.


I will get a photo later. The 13mm nut and washer is EASY to fit. So don't worry about it, no need to pull the wing off. 

[dom]

Please don't use the " " when you clearly don't know what you're on about. 

Pot, kettle, black

Mine screwed in without the need for a nut, the bolts were the correct size for the hole:



But seeing as I clearly don't know what I'm talking about, despite doing it to both the Mk3's I've had, I'll leave you to go back to being the be-all and end-all of Mk3 related gobsh!te.

[Bellend]

They're bonnet struts.  Not boot struts you advised to use. They ARE different. Boot struts need nuts. I'd imagine the OPs items are the same.

As you were.

[dom]

They're bonnet struts.  Not boot struts you advised to use. They ARE different. Boot struts need nuts. I'd imagine the OPs items are the same.

As you were.

We'll wait and see.....

Hi,

Has anyone here fitted bonnet dampers to their VR6 ?

 

[Bellend]

Get yourself to a scrappy & pick up some boot struts, they work perfectly. There should be no need to fit washers & nuts.

Which is the comment I've based my posts on.