I have Bombay Jacks and love them. Never had issue, leaks or even the slightest hint of structural weakness. I got 2 struts, light and HD. The HD made easy work of lifting two 16ft kayaks and I could see it holding even more weight. Install was easy, two holes, that is it. Measure twice, drill once. Sweat a little bit before you do. Also, you don't have to drill into the body to install these, they hook into the rear hinge, never an issue there. Now I just keep the additional struts in the rear hatch tray and switch out as needed. I also think they hid better than the GW version which seem to have a longer I was also able to buy a pair of artificial gutters from him. Sized to match the rear bolts for the upper hinge plate on the top. Then its just two holes drilled for the front ARG. Much better than the 4 holes ones from Yakima. Here you can see the total set up with shocks and artificial rain gutters. https://goo.gl/photos/TQyptCQRiVPeYgV77 https://goo.gl/photos/nPUce96TFg88TozL7
On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 4:15 AM PB <pbrattan@gmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone have handy the link to the installation instructions? Ken > Wilford posted an excellent tutorial > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mVDVe5X040> on YouTube, but I'd like to > have printable instructions. > > Also, comparing the Bombay struts and the GoWesty struts, is one of them > known to be better than the other? > > The Bombay struts involves drilling only one hole on each side of the > poptop. The GoWesty struts involve drilling 8 holes per pair of struts, > but the strut bracket is installed underneath the rooftop. Looks like 6 of > one, a half dozen of another! A bracket underneath the rooftop seems like > it would be more stable than a side installed bracket, yet I would think > that it's better to drill 2 holes than 8! > > Patti > 90 Westy Automatic > Los Angeles > > -- > > *♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪* > If it's not on my Smart Phone, it doesn't exist... > ●▬▬▬▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬♥▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬▬▬▬● > |
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