Bonnet lifters Help needed please

[LeeroyBrown]

Well iv got them on but the bonnet wont shut!!! If you look at the pics you will see the lifters is overlapping the blue mental bit were the wing bolts on,(going diagonal) and it is catching on it and wont let me shut the bonnet..







Any help pleaseeee

 

[LeeroyBrown]

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[acidstrato]

upside down!!!!

 

[LeeroyBrown]

Well i tried it the other way aswell and still have the same problem.. People on here have had them the other way aswell and they seem to fit..

 

[acidstrato]

yeah tbh werent sure if it made any difference

seems odd not being straight

give me a minute

 

[LeeroyBrown]

k cheers mate

 

[acidstrato]

actually mine does go over abit too...i have no idea wot is wrong with urs!?!

shocking phone camera pic sorry

http://www.bulgarian-getaway.co.uk/xtrapics2/19-10-05_1902.jpg

 

[LeeroyBrown]

hmmmm very strange im going to try again now.. Ill post in abit see what happens

 

[LeeroyBrown]

Nah still no go Dont really know what to suggest now, only that volksbits mite of sent me the wrong ones?
The only other thing is to cut abit off the bit that the bottom of the lifter joins on too, then it would fit, but i dopnt really fancy doin that lol..

 

[Chez]

Here's a pic of mine.

Did you remember to remove the foam from the sides of the bonnet?

 

[LeeroyBrown]

Yeh i removed that.. Would it be possible if you could get a pic like the second one i posted but from the side so i can see how close your lifters are to touching the wing bit..? Cheers

 

[acidstrato]

nah dont start cutting mate
not a clever idea


it is possible uv been sen wrong kit but tbh i was given the wrong kit at first but it was the bolts which differed, the lifters were no different

u sure its nothing else obstructing the hood?

 

[LeeroyBrown]

when the bonnet goes down and the lifter moves owns it sits on the wing bit? before the bonnet is even closed, surly it should do that there should be loads of clearence shouldnt there??

 

[Chez]

Here's the other photos ive got.

 

[didgy2]

mine are vertually straight, and never had to remove any foam.
only thing it looks like is that the bonnet mounting points are on the inside and not on the outside of the hinge like they should be( maybe its just the photo), or that volks have sent the wrong ones

deffo turn them around tho

 

[LeeroyBrown]

turn the lifters around? I dod try that but still the same problem??

 

[didgy2]

will have a look at mine tomorrow and get some photos if i can.
if you have them off the car, give some measurements, diameters+length and i'll compare to mine..can see if there the wrong ones!

 

[LeeroyBrown]

They are 15 inches, 38 centremeters (ish)! Cheers mate

 

[didgy2]

chucking it down and dark at the mo, will look in the morning

 

[LeeroyBrown]

Ok cheers mate, hopefully they are wrong otherwise i dont know what else it can be...