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Engine Lid with Stand Offs - any stays or springs??

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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#517675

I have My Engine deck lid fitted with alloy Stand Offs
My deck lid stands out approx 70mm

Having to prop up the deck lid with a stick all the time
is driving Me nuts...

Someone out there must have either fitted a gas stay or modified spring to the deck lid

I can only remember seeing sticks holding them up at VW shows...

Anyone....??

Lee

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david777 Officially Full-On Dubber

307 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#517679
Lee,

I keep an ockie strap in my boot. I hook it from the vents beneath the rear window
to the numberplate light or edge of the deck lid.

David

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#517682
screwdriver down one of the holes in the end of the bootlid bracket does it for me. bootlid rests against handle

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#517685

Well, thanks guys,
Both are better than sticks...
and I don't carry a stick with Me...

Lee

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hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#517687
i'll go get a pic Lee

got a 'lil sidetracked........mmm polished fuchs'

[ Edited on 1-8-06 by dumone ]

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Turbo54 Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·

#517748
You can actually buy a extension plate for standoff springs. Not sure where from but they are in the mags from USA. They do put some stress on the panel they are bolted too though. You can see the panel flex when you open and shut the lid.
This car is David O'Connors and has one. He is sometimes on here. Maybe track him down and ask where its from.
T54

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jnr356 Wolfsburg Wizard

603 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#517821
get another spring and cut off the long"tab" bolt it to the long "tab" on your existing spring with a 6 mm bolt.

or


get an old aerial and put it in the hinge bracket hole,when not in use it can be folded up and stuck next to your seat rail

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#518122
jnr356 wrote:get another spring and cut off the long"tab" bolt it to the long "tab" on your existing spring with a 6 mm bolt.


I knew there had to be a way to do it....
I'll investigate futher....

was that a Fibreglass W deck lid??
with the screw driver??

thanks Guys

Lee

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Hertz www.melburgluft.com

1,080 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#518636
Youre so clever Mark. Anyone would think you've owned vee dubs before.
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