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Auto opening boot hooked up for £0.66p, Also went a head and painted my wheels

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Re: Auto opening boot hooked up for £0.66p, Also went a head and painted my wheels

Post by kjb1 » Tue Sep 22, 2015 9:49 pm

now remotely make it go closed [emoji3]

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Post by Greydog » Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:49 am

That's really simple send the wife!!
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Re: Auto opening boot hooked up for £0.66p, Also went a head and painted my wheels

Post by shadrack » Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:59 am

i think the wheels look ok now done i just didnt think hey would when you had the masking tape template on the other day
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Re: Auto opening boot hooked up for £0.66p, Also went a head and painted my wheels

Post by Mars » Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:46 am

The wheels look good, much less of a stark contrast than I initially thought. Nice.
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Re: Auto opening boot hooked up for £0.66p, Also went a head and painted my wheels

Post by dpbayly » Wed Sep 23, 2015 1:16 pm

Thanks guys

I was a bit apprehensive doing it at first given all the negative feed back my template got but I'm chuffed I did it as I really like how they now look

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Re: Auto opening boot hooked up for £0.66p, Also went a head and painted my wheels

Post by donkeybrains » Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:29 pm

I loved the spring loaded boot on my mercedes when I had it.

I once got my ex- to have a close look at my polishing & wax job on the top surface of my bootlid, and when she brought her face close to it, I used the key fob to open the spring-loaded boot and it hit her in the face  :)) :)) :))

It was comedy gold  :)) :))

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Re: Auto opening boot hooked up for £0.66p, Also went a head and painted my wheels

Post by lezmtaylor » Thu Sep 24, 2015 4:09 pm

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Thanks guys



I once got my ex- to have a close look at my polishing & wax job on the top surface of my bootlid, and when she brought her face close to it, I used the key fob to open the spring-loaded boot and it hit her in the face  :)) :)) :))

It was comedy gold  :)) :))
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Re: Auto opening boot hooked up for £0.66p, Also went a head and painted my wheels

Post by Raj » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:14 pm

Like the spring mod. Been looking at it for the 3er too.

I actually like the rims as the colour coded centres break up the black.
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Springs

Post by dark_stranger » Sat Oct 10, 2015 2:23 pm

If someone can figure out the correct spring dimensions, load, etc.  it will only cost a couple if brought from here...

http://www.bearingboys.co.uk/Die_Springs-2428-c

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Re: Auto opening boot

Post by dark_stranger » Sat Oct 10, 2015 2:58 pm

Or even cheaper, by searching for "Die Spring" in EBay.

Therefore, can someone measure there springs for me.

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Re: Auto opening boot hooked up for £0.66p, Also went a head and painted my wheels

Post by lezmtaylor » Sun Oct 11, 2015 10:29 am

Can anyone give  link for the rams with removable ends and the springs?  would make a great mod.

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Re: Auto opening boot

Post by dark_stranger » Sun Oct 11, 2015 12:09 pm

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Can anyone give  link for the rams with removable ends and the springs?  would make a great mod.

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Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/321456901780
The box standard boot arms unscrew.

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Re: Auto opening boot hooked up for £0.66p, Also went a head and painted my wheels

Post by lezmtaylor » Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:33 pm

Thankyou, I understood that the original rams were NOT splittable.

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Re: Auto opening boot hooked up for £0.66p, Also went a head and painted my wheels

Post by dark_stranger » Mon Oct 12, 2015 5:37 pm

Check out the last couple of pages of the xoutpost.com thread.

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