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Old 11th March 2018, 15:19   #1221
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can you still get these release springs for the boot?
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Old 11th March 2018, 15:23   #1222
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can you still get these release springs for the boot?

Not been available for several years now, but they do appear as a used item every now and again.

Was on my "to do" list but I was told that after a while they can distort the boot lid !
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Old 11th March 2018, 15:56   #1223
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can you still get these release springs for the boot?

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Old 11th March 2018, 18:12   #1224
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Not been available for several years now, but they do appear as a used item every now and again.

Was on my "to do" list but I was told that after a while they can distort the boot lid !
Not sure on the lid, but they do distort the hinge. Especially the end where the piston is attached to. It'll bend.
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Old 24th September 2018, 00:42   #1225
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Default Struts specs for auto boot lift

So I'm looking at fitting gas struts to lift the boot lid as an alternative to the spring thing. Does anyone know the spec of strut needed?

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Old 24th September 2018, 19:30   #1226
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Recently whilst sorting out 'weak' gas struts on a caravan lift up/store under bed I came across a firm called SGS engineering in Derby IIRC. Bottom line with my bed struts was that they tested them to be ok but someone had put a heavier mattress so SGS were able to increase the pressure and now I can lift the bed with one finger.

Now the point I am leading up to, if I got them to increase the gas pressure in my boot struts surely would give me a self lifting boot lid so I asked the question.The response was as follows:

'In regards to adding more pressure to the rover 75, this would only be possible with a spring assisted mechanism like on the newer Mercedes and BMW.
We are unfortunately unable to help on this occasion. If you put more force in them it would only cause it to lift faster once past the counterbalance point.
In doing so, you can bend the brackets and may cause additional issues. A spring assisted is the only way to achieve this and we do not manufacture those at this moment in time'

The guy I spoke to at SGS was Nick Ludwig who was very helpful.
Hope this may be of some help
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Old 24th September 2018, 21:15   #1227
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That's interesting - thanks for the info. I'm going to have a proper look at what might be possible in the next couple of days seeing as how I rented a Dodge Charger in Montana last week and it had THE most perfect assisted boot opening system. That's what resurrected it for me.

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Old 25th September 2018, 20:25   #1228
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I have had these since the get go. No problems have arose yet as far as I can see.
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Old 29th January 2021, 20:09   #1229
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Is this mod still available?
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Old 29th January 2021, 20:57   #1230
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Is this mod still available?
no unfortunately not. If you post on the wanted section someone may have a set stored away they'd be willing to sell.
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