PISTONS FOR BOOT?
- Thread starter justinus
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Even with the wheel mounted on the boot because the hinges are sprung loaded anyway it's not difficult to open. You'd have to be pretty infirm not to manage it. If you can't open the boot, you certainly won't be able to lift the wheel and tyre onto the bootlid to mount it. The more gadgets you put on to open it, the harder it's going to be to close.
ghce
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Good idea, and that spawns other uses for the space on the boot such as a mobile coffee machine or a BBQPilkie said:
Whip off the cover of the spare shaped boot accessory to reveal a coffee machine, you would be the envy of all your friends and think of all the comments you would gain at car shows..... possibly one of the most talked about and memorable cars at any show
Graeme
Demetris
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arthuy said:
I 've looked in to it quite extensively as i have been through about 3 different sets of (used) hinges and the results varied from complete inability to hold the bare bootlid open, to barely keeping it open with the car level. With the car facing uphill it is stil a problem. Unfortunately the hinges are not adjustable. I have looked in to ways of modifying them by making the torsion bars stiffer, but i did not manage to come up with anything successful. As a last resort i fitted a pair of small coil springs that pull on the hinges. They do help, but there is not enough space to achieve higher leverage for better results. What is utterly frustrating is that i have experienced P6s that the bootlid just sprung open when you released the lock. I wonder if my bootlid is too heavy (a previous painter that was too enthousiastic with the filler?) or i was just unlucky with the hinges i am using...
