bonnet stay

[red line fun]

i remember someone saying the new leon wouldn't have the gas strut to hold bonnet open as mark 1 model has. now that the new model is in production, can one of the mark 2 owners tell me the outcome i.e. does it have the gas strut or are we back to the manual bonnet stay?

 

[AN06DRW]

back to manual i'm afraid why i dont know

 

[red line fun]

back to manual i'm afraid why i dont know

i seem to remember someone saying it was to do with european safety laws or something i.e. where the strut would be situated could cause 'x' to happen in a crash. i'm not convinced as i'm pretty sure other new cars rolling off the production line have them, no? there again i suppose it depends where seat were going to mount their one.

you'll laugh, but that could put me off buying the car.

 

[Kevo]

my mk5 gti has it , maybe a cost cutting exercise from seat after all every penny helps.....

 

[xJib]

I think it must be down to cost cutting. But it’s not really a big deal as I think I’ve only opened the bonnet twice in 6 months once to fill the washer fluid and one to show a friend the engine.

 

[m0rk]

just buy the golf part.... it's fitted to the super copa - so it'll be fine on yours

I don't think the price difference between the Leon FR & the Golf GTI justifies bonnet lifters.

 

[AN06DRW]

i also havn't got an engine cover which i read on a previous thread was cost cutting pretty stoooopid cause its the small niftybits that make it better attention to detail

 

[OLDOILER]

i remember someone saying the new leon wouldn't have the gas strut to hold bonnet open as mark 1 model has. now that the new model is in production, can one of the mark 2 owners tell me the outcome i.e. does it have the gas strut or are we back to the manual bonnet stay?

When I saw it on my daughters Leon I thought that looks cheap/cost cutting, especially has the stay tidy clip pulls out of the of the front x grill !!!.
Will be looking to replace with a gas strut, need to find the weight of the bonnet first tho otherwise the bonnet could hit you in the face if you fit a too powerful gas strut!!

 

[leon1p]

Anyone fitted gas struts yet? I think it would be a worthwhile mod. Not into drilling bodywork though and cant see how it works with the firewall where it is. Must go raking for mk5 dub pics.

Found a pic..

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=121083
I can see where the golf strut goes but theres no standard mounting point on the leon as far as i can see in that pic.

 

[Glovepup]

When I test drove the cupra I did not open the bonnet, does the cupra have one like the golf gti??

 

[simon34]

read somewhere that alot of new cars wouldnt have the gas struts on bonnets as it makes it more dificult to get through the crash testing regs

 

[Cupra R]

When I test drove the cupra I did not open the bonnet, does the cupra have one like the golf gti??

The 2 Cupra's I have looked at have had the manual stay's on.

 

[cuprarstu]

The 2 Cupra's I have looked at have had the manual stay's on.

Yep mine has too!

 

[FerrariStu]

i seem to remember someone saying it was to do with european safety laws or something i.e. where the strut would be situated could cause 'x' to happen in a crash. i'm not convinced as i'm pretty sure other new cars rolling off the production line have them, no? there again i suppose it depends where seat were going to mount their one.

you'll laugh, but that could put me off buying the car.

What the Euro Safety Laws don't account for is when you've owned a car with a gas bonnet strut for years and then you buy a NEW car that hasn't got one, you open the bonnet for the first time - hold it up - let go and nearly KILL YOURSELF!

Thank you very much SEAT/NCAP

B*****DS!!!

 

[r30lac]

What the Euro Safety Laws don't account for is when you've owned a car with a gas bonnet strut for years and then you buy a NEW car that hasn't got one, you open the bonnet for the first time - hold it up - let go and nearly KILL YOURSELF!

Thank you very much SEAT/NCAP

B*****DS!!!

I did the same Went to fill the washer bottle and bang the fingers gone. along with whatever part of my 4 year old son (who was helping me) was stuck in there as well.


May be seat could explain to my son what "For F sake" means.

 

[fivetones]

you'll laugh, but that could put me off buying the car.

That is one of the funniest things I've ever read on a car forum.

 

[leon1p]

May be seat could explain to my son what "For F sake" means.

I'll nominate this for the second then


So is there likely to be mounting points on the cars in preparation for the possibility of struts or will they have just not been built in to the design?