hey mate if i wanted to get the smaller strut at the wreckers would say 1 off a vs fit a vk commodore cause i think vs sedans av'em so i might get it with the joints that i need as well! even cheaper this way went to supercheap they wanted like $30 for a small 1 c how much wreckers want monday boot keeps hitting me in the head damn thing!

VK1981 - Have you got a 1981 model VK or was 1981 the year you were born?

81 year i was born lol anybody now about the boot strut lol? anyway wat u talkin about ur from TAS!

hey mate attempted this today, but i encountered a problem. i went to the wrecker and got some ball joints for a vl wagon (already had the wagon struts lying around), and the thread on them is too short to catch on to the bonnet, like it catches on about 2mm or so, and then starts eating into the thread and doesnt catch on. anyone else have this problem?

goin to atempt boot strut from wreckers goin out & about 2morrow might pic 1 up from the wreckers & try the boot install out first as it is cheaper & needs doing might try it mounted in the back seat/ parcel tray cause it would look better hidden away then bolted to the floor putting another hole in her! let u know how i go

Quote: Originally Posted by DVLISH hey mate attempted this today, but i encountered a problem. i went to the wrecker and got some ball joints for a vl wagon (already had the wagon struts lying around), and the thread on them is too short to catch on to the bonnet, like it catches on about 2mm or so, and then starts eating into the thread and doesnt catch on. anyone else have this problem? Im surprised noone else has mentioned a problem like this. I put struts on my previous vl and i didnt notice until my panel shop guy said that the ball joint on the bonnet hinge had come loose, mainly cause there was little thread that actually screwed in. So he took the original bolt from the bonnet hinge and welded the ball joint onto the head of that......simple Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I didnt have that prob at all....

it sticks up higher on the boot where i fitted the strut pics comin soon got it in the behand the backseat so it can't be seen hey mate did my boot install yesterday but i bolted it on the other side of the hinge & in the back of the seat so u can't see it but it dnt keep it all the way up only about an inch or so off, see how it goes if it stuffs up ill redo it later should be ok! next time could u take closer pics of the ball joints with out the small strut fitted as it says will post pics of my install! hav'n trouble with url upload thingy how do i find that out? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I've fitted this to a few cars... never had any probs... very very simple to do. It may be that the strut you got is too big, and isn't compressing fully, pushing the hinge and boot lid up?

to do it in the parcel shelf frill the hole at the top middle of the hinge near the back beam about quarter the way can always drill it back later as i hav'nt worried as i reckon they warp the boot due to the pressure in the strut & hits up higher or needs to be re-aligned like my front windows! the other hole i drilled about 3 but ended up in line with the strut in the backseat metal frame theres a weld seal drilled just above the top metal parcel tray! stil holds it up might try'n drill te hole out more see if it opens the extra inch or two then it will be fine might sit the boot more level dnt reckon it will thou anybody else noticed it sitting up higher?

Quote: Originally Posted by DVLISH hey mate attempted this today, but i encountered a problem. i went to the wrecker and got some ball joints for a vl wagon (already had the wagon struts lying around), and the thread on them is too short to catch on to the bonnet, like it catches on about 2mm or so, and then starts eating into the thread and doesnt catch on. anyone else have this problem? Apparetly theres 2 types of ball joints - one has longer thread than the other and you need the long ones - not the short ones.

i tried falcon bonnet struts, but they are too short so i gonna find vl wagon ones..... i got the vs guard ones, i gotta get the ones out of the tailgate yeh? the ones from the chassis or the tailgate? or ill just get both,

is there a shorter strut for the bonnet so the end of strut only goes like halfway down engine bay?