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Wanna see my new (Stainless Steel) struts?

PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 4:05 pm
by Spudmurphy
Whooooo hoooo I have just in the last 10 mins picked up these Stainless Steel struts for vin 11789, courtesy of Arran
As I have the bonnet off and the louvre is snapped on passenger side (outer) oh,
... and the passenger door has no torsion bar, I'll fit one to the drivers door in the next couple of minutes.
Loving the look of these - Cheers :music-rockout:

Re: Wanna see my new (Stainless Steel) struts?

PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 5:59 pm
by InoX
look the biz.

might have to indulge. my door struts need replacing anyhoo.

Let us know how they look on the car.

Re: Wanna see my new (Stainless Steel) struts?

PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 6:21 pm
by Spudmurphy
Get 'em - they look nice (well it does! :-) )
Just needed to crack the female ball receptacle (sounds like a colloquialism for a lady boy) as I couldn't align my pins (jeez sounds like a carry on film now!) gave "it one rotation then remounted (titter yee not) it.
All lined up perfectly. The "writing" on them was removed with either acetone, UPVC cleaner or good old spit. The stainless is very finely grained so you cant just attack it with 80 grade to remove the casting marks, which to be honest - you can't hardly see!!

Re: Wanna see my new (Stainless Steel) struts?

PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 7:53 pm
by arranj
Here's a very rough video, complete with creaking hinge and me jumping on stones sound effects...!
I'll do a more professional video at some point, but the damping action on all the various variants of these struts (available in normal black as well as stainless) is really nice:


Re: Wanna see my new (Stainless Steel) struts?

PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 6:13 pm
by Spudmurphy
..... they make a great noise too!

Re: Wanna see my new (Stainless Steel) struts?

PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 6:33 pm
by Admin-bloke
They look gorgeous, I might even open the wallet to get a set ;)

Re: Wanna see my new (Stainless Steel) struts?

PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 8:13 pm
by Domi
Wow, they're so beautiful I like them :P

Re: Wanna see my new (Stainless Steel) struts?

PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2017 6:25 am
by A Van
Admin-bloke wrote:They look gorgeous, I might even open the wallet to get a set ;)


Errrrr

I think we know that won't be happening !


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