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Date:         Sun, 6 May 2012 22:50:03 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Poptop lift assist
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <020b01cd2bee$c95f28c0$5c1d7a40$@gmail.com>
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I don't know, haven't tried it. But the hd ones I installed a few months ago are really strong and I'd wouldn't be surprised if they wouldn't do the trick.

alistair On 2012-05-06, at 6:14 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> Are these strong enough to work without the cable/spring assist? Mine are > broken and this doesn't look like an easy fix. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Alistair Bell > Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 7:27 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Poptop lift assist > > I agree. I've installed 5 sets now on various friends vans. Including the > heavy duty struts (they are hard to compress with no pop top load). A big > recommendation from me too. > > I did make my own home brewed version > (http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/vanagon-pop-top-assist-struts/) > just because a friend gave me some ball end fittings and I had some old > hatch struts. It worked out fine but it really was not worth the time and > effort, better to buy JackBombay's kit. > > alistair > > > On 2012-05-05, at 6:45 PM, Roger Barkley wrote: > >> Just installed the poptop lift kit from >> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=798951 ($95.00) >> what a differance. I think it may be the best thing I've added to the

>> Westy :-) :-) >


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