Booty

[brettster]

Right, now this one is gonna perplex you!!!!
The thing that keeps the boot open?? (strut maybe???) or (boot stay???)
What is its proper name and where on earth do you get it from??
I have something on my car that resembles a cupboard strut, not sure if it was added later but it certainly does not look right, it sort of bends in the middle and clips together, weird.
Has anyone got any ideas please.
ta
brett

[S2Mike]

Ii bought a pair of household kitchen cupboard door gas struts, Available on flea bay for just a few quid, not original fitment though. Standard on some was a "sliderule type thing with a sprung clip that holds it open and needs to be released to lower.
230985215907 item number, not the actual ones I used as it needs a pair of the stronger 120 or more newtons lift power. £2.99 each and you get the brackets to suit too.

[brettster]

That sounds good mike, I will have a look
cheers
Just had a look at them struts and they seem ideal, I will have to look for some with a bit more power then.

Edited by brettster on Sunday 26th January 20:04

[S2Mike]

Only complication is getting the throw right so it lifts smoothly, at the catch end, or it tries to lift too close to the hinge, causing the lid to rub on the surrounding bodywork. If it would help, in daylight I could photograph my set up.

[phillpot]

Could just buy the proper thing?

[S2Mike]

Very True !!

[brettster]

I have ordered some that have 150nm, should be enough I think, and my s2 did not have anything like this on when I bought it so I did not know. God knows what the previous owner was thinking of with what was on there!!!! It was laughable!! ha, mike, I should be ok now, thanks for your help.
Brett

[S2Mike]

Mine had a bamboo cane lodged in the drip channel, to support the bootlid, but this tended to drop out when the roof clips were released and the boot slammed shut. ,,!

[brettster]

Ha ha, mine wasn't much better!!