Bonnet gas struts

Neil · Post by **Neil** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:20 pm

Gday All,

Just wondering if anyone is using gas struts on their bonnet and if so which ones did you use?

Cheers,
Neil

Post by **Alspos** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:05 pm

Yes, motocam 360 kit.

JDSTAZ45 · Post by **JDSTAZ45** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:15 pm

Here's the link
http://forums.austarion.com/viewtopic.php?t=14417
And I believe alspos has done a how to fit post as well! :beer

Post by **Alspos** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:22 pm

And here'sthe install thread

And one more thing. I have since swapped the struts up the other way, so the shaft end is the lower. I saw this mentioned on SQC or somewhere, just prevents dust sitting on hte top edge of hte strut body which could damage the shaft.

hoongirl · Post by **hoongirl** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:40 am

I'll second that - excellent kit.

Neil · Post by **Neil** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:44 pm

Sweet, thanks guys!

Neil · Post by **Neil** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:39 pm

I just couldn't justify the US$120 price tag of the Motocam360 kit (although was very tempted), so I got myself a set of struts of ebay (~$25) and set off to Bunnings and got myself some aluminium angle. Half an hour later with a jigsaw and drill and I had my own DIY bonnet strut kit (which even works!). Hopefully no copyright inrfingements have occurred

Link to FaceTube video of bonnet actually opening.....(please excuse the peeling paint...)

http://youtu.be/IzQpJhGjeIo

Website · Post by **WidebodyWoody** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 1:46 pm

Very nice. I might do the same. Can you link to the ebay struts you used? Thanks

Neil · Post by **Neil** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:13 pm

The ones I got don't seem to be listed anymore but they were pretty much the same as these ones:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 0744629131

One thing to note is that one of the ball ends comes on a bad-a$$ threaded screw type arrangement (opposed to the other end which has the expected bolt/nut config). I just used a 1/4" nylock nut on it but would suggest to try and find a kit with the bolt/nut on both ends.

Website · Post by **WidebodyWoody** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:44 pm

Thanks, yeah I was looking at them earlier and thought that would be best.

Vulpes · Post by **Vulpes** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 5:45 pm

I installed the 360 ones and they work a treat, so strong and open the bonnet very wide.

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