Ibiza Mk4 Custom Gas Bonnet Lifters/Struts - Finally Finished!

Damoegan

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Oct 15, 2007
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Just got in from playing golf and my struts were on the door mat :) But I'll have to do some more modding as the end connections that came with them are M8 :( but I'll sort that out at work tomorrow :)
 
i got some metal i can make into brackets at work and there already bent to the right shape just need cutting and drilling,im unsure if i should try my own idea or go with the tryed and tested idea.
edit looking at the picture my idea will not work as well as pabs so im going to make mine the same hopefully whats the measurement between the the hole where the strut bolts on and the closest bonnet bolt?
 
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Pabs

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May 3, 2004
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I have the full diagram from my design in the first few posts.

You will NOT get away with 1 bolt holding the bracket - the weight and force used to open/close the bonnet will definately twist the bracket and either snap the bracket or worse, the bolt.

EDIT: I know this for a fact as my first prototype used 1 bolt.
 

antnee

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Don't get me wrong - I have no idea on how to judge/measure it - if I could do it at home, I certainly would!

Could you try taking 1 strut off and guestimating?



Have I read right that you used 2 400NM 400mm struts?
 

Guffers

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Gonna make some brackets up tonight on nightshift as the Toolroom will be empty!

For anyone wanting to try this in Scotland, AA components in Bridge of Allan sell struts for £30 for two, i got mine off an old assembly machine access door at the work!

Pics to follow
 

Pabs

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sod the spraying mate - get the test fitment going ;)
The dying question is what force is required - I want to see how far off my sums were hehe.
 

Guffers

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Just finished making these on nightshift last night.

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Only difference again was that i used 6mm aluminium angle, so i didnt need to bend the fillet up.

P1000303.jpg


Struts are all ready to go so soon as i get a few hours sleep they're going on!
 

Pabs

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Look good, but no hole in the o/s for the clip that secures your windscreen washer hose...?
I didn't bend mine either, made from ali angle just like you :)
 

Guffers

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W00t!

Super stealth camoflauge bracket
P1000306.jpg



And its brother
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P1000305.jpg



These make possibly the coolest sound IN THE WORLD when opened.

Cheers Pabs, im due you a pint! :cheers:
 

lankman

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maybe this has been aked before, but... guffers / damoegan , where did you get your lifters and ball head bolts from, and were the lifters 400nm each like pab's - if so, do they cause any problems like to much force on the lift that pabs referred to?
i dont really want to order the lifters from an internet site as i am not home during delivery hours and they dont fit through the letter box
i was hoping to find a shop so i dont have to prat about tracking down or re-organising deliveries
 

Damoegan

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Got my lifters off ebay and the ball ends from RS Components.

The lifters will go throught the latterbox, mine did...
 
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