The WS kitchen door assister mod

[Paul Woods]

One of the coolest discoveries we've made, gone are the days of spending £40 or £50 on an Mr2 engine lid gas ram lifter kit.

I took a punt on these cabinet door assister rams, at £2 each i wasn't expecting a lot, especially for new items!

They are the perfect length to attach to both the Mk1 side panel and engine lid hinge, order two 120nm ones, they come with everything you need and took 5 minutes to install after drilling a few simple holes....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321084059983?var=510104050605&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/images/recovered/2014/05/174.jpg

Perfect lid assistance, they look exactly right, and at a total cost of £4.

I could have marketed these as full kit and kept the parts a secret, but it's about giving back to the community, enjoy!!

[cdwood2010]

Wow. Nice work sir.

:)

[stenky]

nice find! ordered 2x80Nm with exclusive shipping that doubled the price but still, it's very very good price :)

[snowtigger]

would you say the ws engine lid is a lot lighter than standard or just buy the 120 ones?

[Mr2karl_tbar]

Could this work on the mk2?

[geoffmunt]

I'm disappointed. I was expecting a turbocharged quick-opening kitchen door.

And we get this.

[baileydom]

That is properly cool.

[Grenade]

I expected to see some fancy beer delivery system, but this is also cool. I would like some of those. Going to shop around on this side of the pond. Great find!!

[Tommytank]

Nice one Paul! Bought!

[Paul Woods]

would you say the ws engine lid is a lot lighter than standard or just buy the 120 ones?

The TD lid is possibly a tad heaver mate, but 120nm ones will be fine, the stock lid was actually holding up ok on just one ram, but two are better, looks better too.

Never tried them on a Mk2 yet Karl, you could always make a cardboard mounting bracket for them :)

[baileydom]

Ooh Paul, I've been looking for a ram to go on the frunk for ages, had to take the original one off when I put the carbon bonnet on as it was too strong. Any idea how much the mk1 engine lid actually weighs? I'm wondering if a 80nm ram will be enough to hold the frunk bonnet.

[Paul Woods]

The actual bonnet weighs a hell of a lot more than the engine lid, i really don't think the 120nm rams will support a bonnet, each ram holds 4kgs, the bonnet is way more than 8kgs.

[Paul Woods]

Oh you mean for your carbon bonnet :) , it might work, i would try two 120nm ones, forget the 80's.

[stenky]

stock metal engine lid is 6-6.5kg. i weighted it as I was installing carbon-fiberglass engine lid which was more like 3.5-4kg

[nik]

sweet find.

[baileydom]

Fair enough, I'll give two 120s a try then. Yeah I meant for the carbon bonnet, it's so much lighter than a stock one sonic might work (can't really complain if it doesn't for 4 quid mind haha)

[snowtigger]

You could buy them for the bonnet and if they don't work use them for the engine lid?

[Paul Woods]

I can 100% assure you they won't work on a steel Mr2 bonnet, too heavy for these rams... they're £2 each lol

[Paul Woods]

Some close ups of the attachment detail.

The "kit" comes with 3 brackets to choose from per ram, i used this one with three pan head screws here...

http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/images/recovered/2014/05/175.jpg

On the lid i opened up the bracket slots a little, stuck one side behind the upper bolt/hinge and drilled a fresh hole further up, it really is that simple.

http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/images/recovered/2014/05/176.jpg

[geoffmunt]

This is a really awesome find, for the money that just can't be beat.

For anyone needing a straight OEM strut replacement, or something for a custom project, I highly recommend these guys:

http://www.sgs-engineering.com/

The site includes an online calculation tool (input weight/pivot points etc and they will tell you length of strut and Nm required), they respond pretty quickly, were very helpful talking through my needs and supplied the right product next day delivery.

Not necessarily the cheapest, but a pleasure to deal with.