i was thinking about putting a hydrolic lift on the hood kinda like the rear hatch. i was looking at my moms jetta and it seems pretty basic. anyone try this?

-Neil

 

ive rigged something up like that on a vw corrado, more trouble than its worth.

 

Yea I dont know if its worth the trouble! Sure its cool but I honestly wouldn't trust a hydrolic lift to hold the hood while im working under it. But then again I am completely ******* paranoid when it comes to safety lol!

 

mines aluminum and it doesnt hurt that bad when it falls on you....

 

Damn.

 

if the steel hood fell on ya, you would honestly die.

No questions about it lol.

 

If its Alu I would be concerned with the hood bending as your trying to compress the shoeck when you lower the hood. Not much to them.

 

My HB Cosmo had torsion bars on the hood. It took almost no effort to lift and required no prop to hold it up. I miss that...

I think gas struts are a pretty good idea. The trick would be making sure it fit with the hood down, but I don't think it'd be too difficult.

Bending the hood? Ah, no...

 

Not everybody has an aluminum hood ! I think my hood will kill me if it fell on my head! Don't wanna take the chance anyway...

 

Well I guess you could always leave the manual stand there for safety measures ? I mean the hydrolic bars would go on the sides right ? Seems like maybe you can keep the manual one there and use it for working under the hood for long periods of time ? Dunno...

 

that would be pretty cool, but I wouldnt use the money to do that, It works fine how it is, and is prolly lighter that way

 

I wonder if you could pull of the system from a camaro like my friends 91 and make it work.

I woudl assume you would have to fab the mounts and maybe trim it to fit under the hood but damn would that be nice to have.

Instead of juggling the prop and hood while quickly checking some thing real quick.

 

Why bother? Gas struts (they're not hydraulic) will hold it up indefinitely if they've been selected right and aren't worn out. Many cars have them fitted stock to both hood and/or hatch.

 

im think of going to the VW dealer and getting one just like my moms. that **** flies up, and putting it together looks pretty basic. i'll try it once i got my engine in.