I have a damaged shoulder and I'm finding it very difficult to locate, in its place, the long metal strut and hold up the very heavy Mk.4 (2025) 'lid' at the same time. Has anyone fitted a pair of gas struts to the Mk.4 (2025)? I notice that there are a few suppliers on Ebay etc. I'd be grateful for comments.

I wasn't aware of that capability, but it seems like a sensible idea even if someone doesn't have a problem simultaneously holding the bonnet up and engaging the very long bonnet-stay in the hole in the bonnet's underside.

The advert on the link below shows the two struts in place and - for forum-members who don't own or are unfamiliar with the Fabia Mk4 - the position and length of the standard bonnet-stay (yellow-ended and stretching right across the front of the engine compartment) should be apparent.

Dark Ice Designs

Skoda Fabia mk4 PJ 2021+ Bonnet Hood Gas Strut lifter kit

This is a bolt-on bonnet gas strut kit for the Skoda Fabia mk4 2021+ - no drilling or welding required.     Replace your metal stay with the highest quality Stabilus gas struts - making it easier to w

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https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003428227182.html#nav-review

As bertJ has said, there are several on-line advertisers of bonnet-strut kits for Skoda Fabia Mk4 models and the asking-price can vary dramatically.

Dark Ice Designs (advert in my 1st posting above) is a UK-registered company and their Fabia Mk4 strut-kit can be obtained through ebay. Their advert mentions that Stabilus gas-struts are used and these have an excellent reputation for high quality and longevity. The firm also has a Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/darkicedesigns/

that could be used to gain feedback from any Fabia Mk4 owners who have fitted the kit, or to obtain more information from the supplier about the kit.

Although I occasionally buy directly from advertisers based in China (eg. AliExpress) accepting that an ultra-low price may well not be matched with ultra high quality, if I were considering fitting bonnet-struts to my Fabia, I'd be much more confident opting for the Dark Ice Designs kit, rather than risk 'going Chinese' at a bargain price and being disappointed.

Based on advertising images of the Fabia Mk4 kit, one thing worth investigating would be the struts' position after the bonnet is closed. As will be seen from the photo below, there is a firm-ish plastic 'sealing block' each side of the engine-compartment and it looks like, when the bonnet is closed, the strut will contact the plastic block.

Thanks for the replies. Of course, what I was really looking for were people who had already fitted these struts. I wasn't really going to buy these and become the guinea pig! Very selfish of me I'm afraid!

Not sure for the Mk4 - but likely to be very similar (and easy DIY) to MK3, which I did by making up my own kit.

Would be even easier when using a prepared kit.

The only special tool needed is the correct size spline adaptor for the hood hinge fixing.

5 hours ago, DerekU said:

As bertJ has said, there are several on-line advertisers of bonnet-strut kits for Skoda Fabia Mk4 models and the asking-price can vary dramatically.

Dark Ice Designs (advert in my 1st posting above) is a UK-registered company and their Fabia Mk4 strut-kit can be obtained through ebay. Their advert mentions that Stabilus gas-struts are used and these have an excellent reputation for high quality and longevity. The firm also has a Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/darkicedesigns/

that could be used to gain feedback from any Fabia Mk4 owners who have fitted the kit, or to obtain more information from the supplier about the kit.

Although I occasionally buy directly from advertisers based in China (eg. AliExpress) accepting that an ultra-low price may well not be matched with ultra high quality, if I were considering fitting bonnet-struts to my Fabia, I'd be much more confident opting for the Dark Ice Designs kit, rather than risk 'going Chinese' at a bargain price and being disappointed.

Based on advertising images of the Fabia Mk4 kit, one thing worth investigating would be the struts' position after the bonnet is closed. As will be seen from the photo below, there is a firm-ish plastic 'sealing block' each side of the engine-compartment and it looks like, when the bonnet is closed, the strut will contact the plastic block.

With regard to the seal block, allow the gas strut to form an impression in the seal when the hood is closed into it, then carefully pare away excess material with a sharp craft knife.

My comment about the plastic 'sealing block' was just a casual caveat. I'm not going to fit bonnet-struts to my Fabia Mk4, but it seemed worth pointing out the potential strut-to-block contact issue to bertj who is considering doing so. (If the strut contacted the 'sealing block' so hard that shutting the bonnet properly/easily was inhibited, surgery on the block would obviously be necessary.)

I was (and am) doubtful that anyone on the BRISKODA forum would have fitted bonnet-struts to a Fabia Mk4, which is why I suggested bertj use the Dark Ice Designs Facebook group to discuss installation and see if Fabia Mk4 owners who had fitted a strut-kit could comment. There are other strut-kit advertisers, but Dark Ice Designs should be the best bet for obtaining technical and Fabia owner advice.

There are also Facebook groups for Skoda Fabia owners that bertj might consider joining to see if anyone there can comment on fitting bonnet-struts to Mk4 cars.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/467331588909685/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1548312822075985/?locale=en_GB

(The image below is of a Fabia Mk3 with Dark Ice Designs bonnet-struts. It should be apparent that there are no plastic sealing-blocks and the (green indicated) spaces appear to be large enough to allow the struts to retract neatly when the bonnet is lowered.)

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