Gas Struts no Westy Poptop..

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Re: Gas Struts no Westy Poptop..

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Some c*nt already drilled my roof, I don't want a roof rack!
'ar lass can't open the roof.
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Re: Gas Struts no Westy Poptop..

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HHmm, could a pair brought over in a suitcase - see what they are like.

Wouldn't it better to have a longer shock somehow tied up with the top bracket at the front? Making a larger triangle?

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Re: Gas Struts no Westy Poptop..

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looking at them , they only look like the heavy duty tail gate struts that you can get , should be able to get the nipples from somewhere
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Re: Gas Struts no Westy Poptop..

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Willoughby wrote:
Gandalf wrote:
Simon Baxter wrote:Pictures are in ETKA, but no part numbers.

ETKA?

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Re: Gas Struts no Westy Poptop..

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i have a set and they are ok. next time i would order the heavier duty struts as the ones we have still need a lot of work to open the roof making hard for my wife to pop the top on her own.
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Re: Gas Struts no Westy Poptop..

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joe75 wrote:i have a set and they are ok. next time i would order the heavier duty struts as the ones we have still need a lot of work to open the roof making hard for my wife to pop the top on her own.

Maybe we could dive down and have a butchers one weekend maybe Joe, and as a return you could perv over the propex instal and our different engine upgrades etc :lol: I know you have your hands full at the moment with the new little un (belive me the first two weeks are the worst :rofl ) but we can drive by any weekend and take some snaps of the bits that we might need to get made like. Could workout well

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Re: Gas Struts no Westy Poptop..

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jed the spread wrote:
joe75 wrote:i have a set and they are ok. next time i would order the heavier duty struts as the ones we have still need a lot of work to open the roof making hard for my wife to pop the top on her own.

Maybe we could dive down and have a butchers one weekend maybe Joe, and as a return you could perv over the propex instal and our different engine upgrades etc :lol: I know you have your hands full at the moment with the new little un (belive me the first two weeks are the worst :rofl ) but we can drive by any weekend and take some snaps of the bits that we might need to get made like. Could workout well

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i am sure you could pop down to have a look....My hands are kind of full at the moment :o but people keep telling me it will get easier!

Maybe this weekend but will PM you.... :ok
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