Date:         Sat, 3 Feb 2007 15:26:13 -0500
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: No best answer to Pop Top raise
Comments: To: Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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Which strut to install depends on many factors. Placement, load,
angle of action. That's why no one has the perfect answer.

I just posted pictures of what I did. Each of these gas springs is
the maximum pressure for this size (250 pounds, in a 40" strut.) Had
I installed in a different fashion (for example putting the base
further forward, maintaining the same location to attach to the
fiberglass top), the pressure needed would have been vastly less.

Curiously the reason I added these had more to do with bring the top
DOWN, then raising it. You see, when you add a few hundred pounds up
top, when you lower the poptop, it can drop DOWN on your head with a
lot of force. Adding these struts allows for a nicely controlled
lowering (just like stock) even with the 200+ pounds up there.


On Feb 3, 2007, at 1:47 PM, Zoltan wrote:

> I think, most of us who would like to have a strut installed, would
> like to know which one to get, where, and how to install.
> The 2x6 solution of Friday folly was good to read but did not bring
> us closer.