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Re: opening the bonnet - on the way! (from another list)

To: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
Subject: Re: opening the bonnet - on the way! (from another list)
From: Dave Chu <dave@ece.concordia.ca>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 13:52:51 -0400
In message <sbced9a6.012@GWIA>you write:
>http://home1.gte.net/nugentmd/bonnetstruts.htm
>
>I thought I'd saved another web site or message from  
>a guy who also did this, complete with which struts he used.  
>But I can't find it.

  Would that be me?  Here are pictures of my Honda civic strut set up.

  This one is the bracket that I made to keep the bonnet up.

  http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~dave/brace.jpg

  Here are some shots of how the strut on the passenger side is mounted.

  http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~dave/left1.jpg
  http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~dave/left2.jpg
  http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~dave/left3.jpg

  These struts are not actually strong enought to keep the bonnet up by
  themselfs but it makes openning it easier.



Dave                                                  |\ |     | |      
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Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng.                           |/ |     | |      
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