Bonnet Gas Struts....

[steveV6]

....for a Mk2 Ph2, has anyone ever done it, or is there anything available on the market to do it??

Cheers in advance for any info, Steve.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

I think you might struggle mate as the struts would have to be bolted to the inside of the wing , and the wing being plastic the strut would probably rip off .

If the clio had metal wings , it would be just a case of using any struts like the ones used on the tailgate of any hatch , a bit of trial n error .

I suppose it could be done if you were to fabricate some sort of bracket , but then there would be the issue of any brackets stopping the bonnet from closing , but i think it would be alot of piss ballin about tbh .

I'd be interested to know if somebody has done it !

 

[steveV6]

Yup, me too!!

Unfortunately when you've got a vee, you tend to use the under bonnet space quite alot, bearing in mind there isn't alot of storage space else where, lol, so it would be great to be able to gas strut it!

Oh well, needs some further investigation me thinks!!

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Its a good idea nevertheless . You never know somebody might have found a way round the plastic wing problem , i think it would of interest to alot of people if they have .

 

[Gareth]

yeah this is such a great feature, I have seen it on some VWs, love it. Some (maybe all) 106s have it as std as well.

 

[steveV6]

Right, watch this space, i've been doing a bit of measuring and made a few phone calls today.

Just out of interest, if i get this off the ground and succesfully manage to get a kit made with parts / fitting instructions, who would be interested then?

 

[clio__chris]

cant u bolt it somewhere on the suspension tower thingymebob?

cetainly would be a very handy addition!!

 

[len_beach]

I'd be up for it. I have a set of lifters and the mechanisms from a Vectra and I think that could be made to fit with a little presuasion.

 

[Ali]

I'd be up for it too. Something that would finish off my engine dressing.

 

[jonnyjogpants]

i really wanna set of these... let me know if there is anymore progress

 

[bmh.01]

I'd be interested if something can be sorted (unless there stupid money), my dads mondeo has them and there awesome.

 

[Serg]

me too

 

[MRBILLYUK]

WOW , old thread resurrected . I thought Stevev6 was sorting something for the struts . Haven't heard anything since tho' !

 

[Blue4Ever]

Perhaps he's not had any joy? I think they'd be good as long as the bonnet still opened high enough.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

^^^^ like ya say , no good if the bonnet doesn't open up enough . Its probably too much of a ball ache fabricating brackets to bolt the struts to and that still allow the bonnet to close .