I imagine you my solution gas springs for engine bonnet for Rapid. Because no one offer and a machine design is my livelihood, I suggested a kinematics including the calculation of the required strength. Gas sprigs are not used by default, but are made according my special order. The brackeds are mounted under the bonnet nut on the hinge. The lower joint is screwed in place of the screw attaching the fender. The force gas springs I managed to calculate very accurately. Bonnet comes very easily to close because the gas springs do not put too much resistance. Due to the lower power gas springs hood should help slightly to about 2/3 of the stroke. But that's not what bothered me. The design took precedence certainty due to the delicacy of its bonnet hinges and not to their stress or twisting when closing the bonnet.

 

 

Edited 14 May, 201412 yr by miklisek

Interesting !

You can buy them on Superskoda.com

 

Bidey fae Perth

Are they safe, or is the bonnet more likely to fly up if the latch fails?

No, this is not version from Superskoda.com, they preparing only one-side version. Now is possible buy on ebay. 

Touch wood I won't be in and out of the bonnet enough to justify that mod....

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Are they safe, or is the bonnet more likely to fly up if the latch fails?

Don´t worry, force and kinematic of the gas spring are designed so that no force is not pushing to the bonnet in the lower position.

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Edited 11 January, 201511 yr by miklisek

Don´t worry, force and kinematic of the gas spring are designed so that no force is not pushing to the bonnet in the lower position.

Kinematic? Is this just something that got lost in translastion? Kinetic Energy?

Sorry: kinematics, thereby it is meant parameters of points fixing to the bonnet and skeleton of car body and course of lift the bonnet.