Got round to fitting the bonnet strut from Superskoda today, with the help my elder brother

 

Pictures below show the mounting on a 2008 vRS pre-facelift (no idea if anything changed).......

 

 

The mounting bracket was sprayed black magic to match the car and mounts on the original two bonnet hinge bolts - it also came with another small metal plate to bolt to the original bonnet stay mount and the mounting bracket, but we ended up connecting the two by using the top mount of the strut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The lower mounting ball/bolt replaces the wing mounting bolt nearest to the original bonnet strut receiving point

 

 

 

 

The finished article

 

I do like that mate,good work

Nice, you did like I  did, that is painted the bonnet adapter the same colour of car

Looks good. Couple of questions though.

Does it feel strong enough to properly support the bonnet.

Where is this listed on Superskoda?

 

Ta

 

Chris

Looks good. Couple of questions though.

Does it feel strong enough to properly support the bonnet.

Where is this listed on Superskoda?

 

Ta

 

Chris

 

It is strong enough, the only drawback I find is that the bonnet when lifted is lower than original, have to wear helmet

Edited 24 July, 201312 yr by alberg

Superskoda for some reason no longer stock it, but it is available direct from Milotec

 

http://milotec.de/advanced_search_result.php?XTCsid=20f44b8eb36b710bc642f6a9306033fd&XTCsid=20f44b8eb36b710bc642f6a9306033fd&keywords=62405&x=-1094&y=-448

Does the long bracket sort of "stick out" like a sore thumb?

Does the long bracket sort of "stick out" like a sore thumb?

 

Not when it's sprayed up to be colour coded

could you measure the dimensions of the shock, Possibly a slightly longer one could be fitted to rise the bonnet another bit?

Just bend over a bit further

Just bend over a bit further

 

That would all depend on who was standing behind me 

That would all depend on who was standing behind me

It certainly wouldn't be me

could you measure the dimensions of the shock, Possibly a slightly longer one could be fitted to rise the bonnet another bit?

 

youl need to make sure it will fit between the two mount points when the bonnet is in the closed position. if its longer, you may need to adjust the mounting point on the bonnet

youl need to make sure it will fit between the two mount points when the bonnet is in the closed position. if its longer, you may need to adjust the mounting point on the bonnet

Good point, well made

And thinking about it that won't be possible, as the next point along the wing is the rubber bonnet support, and it wouldn't pay to do anything with that