Wee present for hopelessness
right, so, bearing in mind that my one still needs to be tidied up and finished, heres a rough how to on transferring a boot strut to the bonnet.
First : The outcome
Heres what you start with, a strut, with both ends on.
What you need to do next is remove this end by drilling out the pin holding it on, i filled the hole left with chemical metal and drilled it out to the size i needed for the bolt i was using.
Now measure it up against the bonnet, for places to fit i used the top outside corner of the bonnet hinge and the middle bolt holding the top of the wing on (you may need to find a longer bolt for this, i found one off my blue almera in the engine bay somewhere)
next you need to drill a hole into the bonnet hinge, roughly in this position, i used a 6mm bit, but obviously it'll depend on the side of bolt you're using for it.
and now its time to bolt it all together, make sure you use the second hole on the strut
As i said, mine is a rough version, and i'll be taking it all off to make it look a bit nicer soon, but its working great and ive had no problems with it so im happy.
right, so, bearing in mind that my one still needs to be tidied up and finished, heres a rough how to on transferring a boot strut to the bonnet.
First : The outcome
Heres what you start with, a strut, with both ends on.
What you need to do next is remove this end by drilling out the pin holding it on, i filled the hole left with chemical metal and drilled it out to the size i needed for the bolt i was using.
Now measure it up against the bonnet, for places to fit i used the top outside corner of the bonnet hinge and the middle bolt holding the top of the wing on (you may need to find a longer bolt for this, i found one off my blue almera in the engine bay somewhere)
next you need to drill a hole into the bonnet hinge, roughly in this position, i used a 6mm bit, but obviously it'll depend on the side of bolt you're using for it.
and now its time to bolt it all together, make sure you use the second hole on the strut
As i said, mine is a rough version, and i'll be taking it all off to make it look a bit nicer soon, but its working great and ive had no problems with it so im happy.