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#1 LESTA MINI

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Posted 20 March 2010 - 05:29 PM

hey guys, im fed up of opening my bonnet and having to put that stupid little metal stick in and then it takes me ages to get it down because its bent.

does anybody know what car i can take the gas opening things off its bonnet and fit to a mini with little effort.

cheers dan

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Posted 20 March 2010 - 05:31 PM

you can buy them from minispares

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Posted 20 March 2010 - 05:32 PM

yer i saw them but on a bit of a limit budget really so need ones from a scrapy

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Posted 20 March 2010 - 10:11 PM

akward enough to fit, i only have 1 on because the wiper motor gets in the way. it is alot handier espicially as my bonnet prop has rusted out!! i can measure 1 and c if u can find a boot strut the same length from the scrap yard

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Posted 20 March 2010 - 10:42 PM

some kid (chav) from my school has them.. think they are called gas struts?, his bonnet looks like its guna fly off when he opens it, they seem pretty powerful :L but yeah, would like to see piks or somethin

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Posted 20 March 2010 - 10:58 PM

mine are the mini spares 1's, they only hold the bonnet when its lifted to the highest point and it stays. no sling shot effect!!




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