Triumph Spitfire Hydraulic Boot Lift Kit

[hardhatharry]

Has anyone fitted a hydraulic boot lift kit?

Can you recommend which strut to use and do you need to manufacture anything to fit it?

Cheers

 

 

[Casper]

BOOT GAS RAM SPIT 1-111 -190N | The Triumph Sports Six Club (tssc.org.uk)

 

[hardhatharry]

1 hour ago, Casper said:

BOOT GAS RAM SPIT 1-111 -190N | The Triumph Sports Six Club (tssc.org.uk)

 

A single gas strut costs around £8, struggling to work out why this should cost £42.

[JohnD]

Dunno abot £8, but plenty of choice round about £20:  https://www.sgs-engineering.com/gas-struts/fixed/6mm-rod

They only offer, as a kit, struts for the TR7/8 at £20,  https://www.sgs-engineering.com/car-boot-tailgate/triumph  so you might have to add the end connectors etc, but no more than a fiver.

John

[dannyb]

This is the one I made. Gas strut 400n I believe. Would be a lot less in a fiberglass boot.  You will need to reinforce the bracket on the boot lid or it will bend it. 

 

Danny

 

[hardhatharry]

1 hour ago, dannyb said:

This is the one I made. Gas strut 400n I believe. Would be a lot less in a fiberglass boot.  You will need to reinforce the bracket on the boot lid or it will bend it. 

 

Danny

 

Cheers Danny, when you say re-enforce how thick is the metal? Luckily my boot is in primer so I can weld some extra metal on.

 

Gas strut 400N is a tenner https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNIVERSAL-GAS-STRUT-SPRING-450MM-400N-BOOT-BONNET-MULTI-PURPOSE-/274406142272

Just need to find the correct ends and job done!!

[Nigel Clark]

I fitted the Club Shop has strut for a Spitfire boot to my TR6 about 10 years ago. It's still working well, despite the heavier lid on the TR boot.

Nigel

[JohnD]

"400n". Does that mean 400 Newton's, about 40 kilograms or 90 lbs force.    Isn't that a bit OTT?   Dammit, a bonnet in steel is only 28kgs!

[hardhatharry]

Looks good in the video thats what I'm going off and its worth a punt at a tenner.

[chrisbladen]

Has anybody done this to a spitfire bonnet?

Not done any research or anything, i Just stumbled across this thread and thought it might be a useful modification on the "slightly" heavy bonnet lol

[hardhatharry]

2 minutes ago, chrisbladen said:

Has anybody done this to a spitfire bonnet?

Not done any research or anything, i Just stumbled across this thread and thought it might be a useful modification on the "slightly" heavy bonnet lol

Yes I have, there was a guy selling the bracketry on ebay for around £25 and the struts cost about £15 so all in it was £40 and worked well.

I'll see if I can dig out the details

[chrisbladen]

1 minute ago, hardhatharry said:

Yes I have, there was a guy selling the bracketry on ebay for around £25 and the struts cost about £15 so all in it was £40 and worked well.

I'll see if I can dig out the details

Ok mate thanks...would be £40 well spent in my eyes, and save all kinds of pain in the back lol

[JohnD]

So many that The Club and Rimmer's do kits.

 

[hardhatharry]

Just now, JohnD said:

So many that The Club and Rimmer's do kits.

 

they are about £90 aren't they?

[dannyb]

I did experiment with different forces of strut. 200n and you have to lift the boot all the way up. 600n and the boot will open on its own but is much too strong. The bracket on the boot needs to be 3 x the thickness of the original.  The boots are heavy and the rack also adds to the weight on. mine. 

 

[JohnD]

They don't market kit unless they expect to sell a few.

 

[hardhatharry]

These are the struts: - 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FOR-ROVER-200-HATCHBACK-1985-1995-REAR-TAILGATE-BOOT-TRUNK-GAS-STRUTS-SUPPORT/232776790845?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 - £16

and the guy that makes the brackets, none listed at the moment but just message him

https://contact.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?FindAnswers&requested=adunn9&_trksid=p2545226.m2531.l4583&rt=nc

Kit was £27

 

[Dick Twitchen]

10 hours ago, chrisbladen said:

£40 well spent

 

10 hours ago, hardhatharry said:

about £90 aren't they

Quick look shows the Club shop are £42.

Dick

[PeteH]

I`v got some kicking about from a Fiesta? or Peugeot?, Tailgate, have to look them out sometime, What extended/closed length is needed?.

Pete

[hardhatharry]

35 minutes ago, Dick Twitchen said:

 

Quick look shows the Club shop are £42.

Dick

I was talking about the bonnet lift kit for £90 which you can sort out for around £40.

£42 for the boot lift kit is about £30 too much

[dannyb]

1 hour ago, PeteH said:

I`v got some kicking about from a Fiesta? or Peugeot?, Tailgate, have to look them out sometime, What extended/closed length is needed?.

Pete

I'll have a look at mine and report back later. 

Danny

[Anglefire]

I admit that I changed the bonnet to gas struts - and think they are great - but can't see the issue with the boot stay - works perfectly well.

[hardhatharry]

Just now, Anglefire said:

I admit that I changed the bonnet to gas struts - and think they are great - but can't see the issue with the boot stay - works perfectly well.

bit clunky for me and sometimes it doesn't "catch" and I have to jiggle it

[NonMember]

20 minutes ago, hardhatharry said:

bit clunky for me and sometimes it doesn't "catch" and I have to jiggle it

They do get like that when worn, although giving it a clean up and lube often helps.

[hardhatharry]

2 minutes ago, NonMember said:

They do get like that when worn, although giving it a clean up and lube often helps.

Its the perfect excuse to go hydraulic