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Bonnet damper struts. Any UK retailers?

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Bonnet damper struts. Any UK retailers?

Post by RattyMcClelland » Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:50 pm

All I can find is this on ebay but shipped from.taiwan.
Holy Taiwan bonnet struts batman

My bonnet catch holder thing has broke, it works but rattles around especially annoying with the engine trying to idle the skunk 2 cams and it rattles like mad. Plus it will tidy the bay a bit.


So any UK alternatives or some I can retrofit from another vehicle.
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Post by nalla » Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:55 pm

Not that I have found to date.

Saw an old Banzai mag. and Tein used to do them. Rang them but all stocks have gone. They seem to think they still have some MX5 ones in stock in Milton Keynes. Nice if they fitted!

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Post by RattyMcClelland » Thu Dec 05, 2019 5:26 pm

Tein actually never made Prelude bonnet struts. People used modded dc2 struts. Quite heavily modded.
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Post by NafemanNathan » Fri Dec 06, 2019 4:12 pm

You bonnet catch is faulty, so you want to replace it with bonnet struts?... :| :eh: :wtf: :crazy: :huh:

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Post by RattyMcClelland » Fri Dec 06, 2019 5:04 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:
Fri Dec 06, 2019 4:12 pm
You bonnet catch is faulty, so you want to replace it with bonnet struts?... :| :eh: :wtf: :crazy: :huh:
That catch that catches the bonnet and holds it up as gravity pulls it down. It's long and black....gigiddy. Don't mistake the catch and the latch. Get me blud! Unless they are the same fing innit.

I bought those Taiwanese struts by the way. We will see when they arrive.
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Post by NafemanNathan » Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:25 pm

Ahhh! You mean the prop! The long black slender thing that "props" the bonnet open! :thumbup:

A latch and a catch are essentially the same thing as a latch is nothing without catch to latch on! And these little blesseds together hold your bonnet down! ;)

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Post by RattyMcClelland » Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:32 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:
Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:25 pm
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The bonnet catch is ALIVE
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