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| ryanpatrick42 |
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I'm wanting to make the boot on my EL Futura open up all the way when the button is pressed and it's unlocked! Has anyone done this before? Ideas on how to achieve this? Could high pressure struts be the answer?
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| 61xkwagon |
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My boot used to open by itself but the struts got tired, and the dynamat probably doesn't help
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| ryanpatrick42 |
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{USERNAME} wrote: My boot used to open by itself but the struts got tired, and the dynamat probably doesn't help Did it open up all the way though? Or just a little? |
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| 61xkwagon |
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If the car was facing up hill it wouldn't open all the way but sitting on level ground it would
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| rustyeb1991 |
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linear actuators
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| ryanpatrick42 |
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{USERNAME} wrote: linear actuators Have you done this setup before using linear actuators before? Or know someone who has who could help me out? |
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| fordnut1988 |
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if u use spolierd struts it should open all the way
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| jamestesta |
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i put springs in mine.... when i get a chance ill take a pic and show ya and a little video
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| ryanpatrick42 |
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{USERNAME} wrote: i put springs in mine.... when i get a chance ill take a pic and show ya and a little video That would be great! I look forward to seeing it! 
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| jamestesta |
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{USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: i put springs in mine.... when i get a chance ill take a pic and show ya and a little video That would be great! I look forward to seeing it! here is some quick shots in the night just so you know what i mean.... they work a treat i was gunna get a power accualtor but thats alot of effing around when a spring can do the same neat job  Attachment: DSCF0684.JPG [ 214.02 KiB | Viewed 316 times ] Attachment: DSCF0690.JPG [ 206.14 KiB | Viewed 284 times ] Attachment: DSCF0681.JPG [ 198.44 KiB | Viewed 270 times ] |
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| jamestesta |
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and if you want more power just add another spring to the other side it all varies with the type of spring you get
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| jamestesta |
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| MAD |
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That's really cool. At first I thought it was going to be crap (like the old XF spring loaded boot) and have a huge jolt when it hits the rubber stops, but that is very smooth.
I might look in to this myself. Am I right in guessing that the spring runs out of tension before the boot is fully open and that's why it slows down for the last part? The only thing I don't 100% like about it is if you accidentally bump the button, it is very welcoming to a thief when your boot is open, whereas the std way, you have a high chance of getting away with it unless someone hears it pop, or physically checks it. It's no different to how my XF was though. |
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| jamestesta |
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yea it runs out of tension just before its fully up....
as for security theres ways you can go about it... like i was playing with a way of security by moving the bottom latch(the part where the lock clicks to) around and i got it to a point where you have to press the button twice inorder for it to pop open.... but the draw back of that was the boot didnt really sit flush and look out of whack and also it was abit hard to push down to lock like it took a few goes to push it down to lock... in the end i put it back to normal.... ive done this mod last year to my first car and never had real big trouble with it accidentally opening... in the end its your choice whether to do this mod |
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| ryanpatrick42 |
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{USERNAME} wrote: That's very cool. I'll defiantly look into it myself. Thanks for taking the time to show me.
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