Bonnet dampers/gas struts..Why hasn't everyone got them?
12-07-2011, 11:44 AM
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Chaps, considering the bonnet is normally dropped from above waist height to ensure it latches, (As I discovered what happens if you gently drop it when I first bought the car) how do you ensure you have latched the bonnet correctly when the struts will be at best dampening the drop. (At worst, trying to make the bonnet go back up)
12-07-2011, 11:45 AM
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Chaps, considering the bonnet is normally dropped from above waist height to ensure it latches, (As I discovered what happens if you gently drop it when I first bought the car) how do you ensure you have latched the bonnet correctly when the struts will be at best dampening the drop. (At worst, trying to make the bonnet go back up)
12-07-2011, 11:52 AM
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Chaps, considering the bonnet is normally dropped from above waist height to ensure it latches, (As I discovered what happens if you gently drop it when I first bought the car) how do you ensure you have latched the bonnet correctly when the struts will be at best dampening the drop. (At worst, trying to make the bonnet go back up)
+1 done every single time i have ever closed mine
12-07-2011, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Stoatmaster' timestamp='1323290675' post='21218853
Chaps, considering the bonnet is normally dropped from above waist height to ensure it latches, (As I discovered what happens if you gently drop it when I first bought the car) how do you ensure you have latched the bonnet correctly when the struts will be at best dampening the drop. (At worst, trying to make the bonnet go back up)
Not the case I take it?
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12-07-2011, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by MB' timestamp='1323290736' post='21218859
[quote name='Stoatmaster' timestamp='1323290675' post='21218853']
Chaps, considering the bonnet is normally dropped from above waist height to ensure it latches, (As I discovered what happens if you gently drop it when I first bought the car) how do you ensure you have latched the bonnet correctly when the struts will be at best dampening the drop. (At worst, trying to make the bonnet go back up)
Chaps, considering the bonnet is normally dropped from above waist height to ensure it latches, (As I discovered what happens if you gently drop it when I first bought the car) how do you ensure you have latched the bonnet correctly when the struts will be at best dampening the drop. (At worst, trying to make the bonnet go back up)
Not the case I take it?
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I drop mine now I have the OEM bonnet back on, but you can also push it carefully close the the end. If you push it from too far up it will bend / dent.
12-07-2011, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by MB' timestamp='1323290736' post='21218859
[quote name='Stoatmaster' timestamp='1323290675' post='21218853']
Chaps, considering the bonnet is normally dropped from above waist height to ensure it latches, (As I discovered what happens if you gently drop it when I first bought the car) how do you ensure you have latched the bonnet correctly when the struts will be at best dampening the drop. (At worst, trying to make the bonnet go back up)
Chaps, considering the bonnet is normally dropped from above waist height to ensure it latches, (As I discovered what happens if you gently drop it when I first bought the car) how do you ensure you have latched the bonnet correctly when the struts will be at best dampening the drop. (At worst, trying to make the bonnet go back up)
Not the case I take it?
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I gently lower and push mine. Plus, with people being different heights and all that, surely "waist height" is a bit vague...
