Bonnet / boot gas rams

[mjculley]

Hi

Has anyone any experience of obtaining bonnet / boot gas rams. Can I use any from a production car or are these too strong.

Mick

[StuartH]

They will probably be too strong as the steel/glass boot of a car is quite heavy. Get the adjustable gas springs from RS or Farnell, you then let the gas out a bit at a time until they are just right (take one spring off and release gas until the boot bonnet just closes by itself, then swap for the other one and do the same, put the first one back on and it will be perfect)

Stuart

[graham]

I recently purchased some DAX rams and installed them to there diagram on my non DAx car and they fitted and worked a treat. Correctly rated as well. 90N bonnet x 2, 40 N boot x 2.

Graham

[David Horsnell]

I was going to use the boot rams from a Citroen AX. The Citroen has a plastic hatchback which is comparable to the bonnet/bootlid of a Cobra replica.

Have read the other posts, can anyone tell me how expensive the Dax ones are ? and how to mount them to the bonnet / bootlid without stressing the fibreglass ?

Cheers

David

[tom]

according to dax's latest price list,

bonnet struts 32.95 and the boot ones, same price.
and fitting kit for each is 16.50 (stick vat on that also).

[David Horsnell]

Could you send some photo's of the rams installed so I can see what the fitting kit consists of and in what position they are mounted ?

Do you know their enxtended and compressed length ?

Cheers

David

[BILKO]

I RECENTLY FITTED DAXS GAS RAMS TO BONNET & BOOT REALY EASY JOB TO DO,I REINFORCED THE BOOT LIPS AND BACK WINGS BY SHAPING SOME SHEET METAL(ABOUT 10X10 INCH) AND WURTHED THEM IN PLACE, THEN DRILLED THROUGH THE BOOT LIP AND METAL TO FIX THE BRACKETS IT SPREAD THE LOAD AND STOPED THE WING AROUND THE BOOT FLEXING .MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF HOURS SHAPING THE METAL BUT MAKES A MUCH STURDIER JOB :tu

BILKO

[David Horsnell]

Any chance of photos of them fitted in place ?

David

[tom]

sorry dave ain't done that bit yet

regards

[BILKO]

HI DAVE

ARE YOU AFTER PICS OF THE RAMS FITTED OR THE REINFORCING PLATES OR BOTH . IAM NOT SURE IF DAXS BOTTOM BONNET RAM BRACKETS WOULD FIT ANY OTHER MAKE,THE OTHERS SHOULD BE FINE THOUGH ( I THINK )

BILKO :tu :tu