Gas Hood Lifters Fitted, Ebay - Sokie Tech Options

[petna]

Well the gas bonnet lifters went in this afternoon. Took about 20 mins because I needed to fiddle with a washer or 2 to get the fit right. I've created a wiki guide on CCUK for the fitting Wiki Entry

They seem to work well. Worth £40 IMO

Here are some pics

Bracket with washer piping


Bracket


Fitted



In place with the bonnet 'popped'


This post has been edited by petna: Oct 24, 2008 - 11:39 AM

[jimmykay]

I'll try and answer you as best I can off of memory.

For those of you that have this, take a very close look at your hood when you close it, and when it's fully closed. There's two crush point on the bracing of the underside of the hood along the outer edges, and these are very noticable flex points too (my body guy and I were going over this as we decided what to do with my car). If you shut your hood from the forward edge (like anyone normally would), take a close look and see if you're flexing at the mid point of the hood where those crumple points are.

the only flex point I can remember seeing is right at the end of the hinge. Instead of resting most of the weight on the prop rod, it now has all of the weight on the hinges.

Second question I have is how much tension is on the hood when it's closed? Reason I ask is because those points could weaken over time causing the hood to bulge up if there is too much closed pressure on those struts.

upon closing, the dampers close with little added force. and actually, when you have almost closed the hood, the line of action on the damper crosses the hinge point. this takes all of the weight off of the hood and if anything, it applies a small amount of downforce on the hood, effectively holding it closed. I have noticed that when I pop my hood, it only pops up about 1/4" instead of the 3/4" - 1" that it used to pop up.