Bonnet Struts

[Marcus000]

Curious if anyone has fitted gas struts to the bonnet rather than the manual lifter?

I'm going to nip out and have a gander at the underside of the bonnet in a minute, can't see it being too hard a job though.

EDIT: Zara - Did you get round to doing this previously or not?

Found this link in your wanted thread from 2009 - seems a good source!
http://www.sgs-engineering.com/pages/home" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[harrisg]

Just don't be cheap and use boot struts, they're exceptionally strong, and I've heard horror stories of people bending their bonnets in half!

 

[warrenpenalver]

pumabuild used to sell a kit.

 

[Marcus000]

Any more info on what it contained Warren?

 

[Anonymous]

the bonnet was too light for the struts I found; it would eventually bend - you may be best off with the lifters tbh

 

[Marcus000]

Z - What do you mean by lifters as opposed to struts?

 

[Anonymous]

you can get 'lifters' which attach at ach side of the bonnet, I know Vauxhall Vectras had them, quite subtle aswell (it was the older Vectra, not sure if the new ones have them)