audifan
A2OC Donor
Please take note of this warning. I know several members on here decided to fit the springs with or without the stronger gas struts.
Well here is my warning. I have now known of one hinge fracture, two occasions of the strut ripping out the mounting ball and four cars that had dampness in the rear of the car. In the dampness cases the gas strut springs were exerting enough pressure on the closed and locked hatch to cause the hatch to deform away from the weather seals on the upper sides. This in turn let water in and caused staining on two of them and the other two staining and detached roof liner.
So please if you have fitted this mod check your car very carefully and reassess if you really want this mod. It probably works very well on steel bodied cars but not the A2.
Well here is my warning. I have now known of one hinge fracture, two occasions of the strut ripping out the mounting ball and four cars that had dampness in the rear of the car. In the dampness cases the gas strut springs were exerting enough pressure on the closed and locked hatch to cause the hatch to deform away from the weather seals on the upper sides. This in turn let water in and caused staining on two of them and the other two staining and detached roof liner.
So please if you have fitted this mod check your car very carefully and reassess if you really want this mod. It probably works very well on steel bodied cars but not the A2.
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