Gord
Seasoned Member
Hi all,
As per the title - I bought all I needed some time ago and only got around to slapping them all in yesterday. Holy smokes, what a difference. The hood nearly whacked me in the chin and seeing as I'm running only as a hard-top (hydraulics disconnected and only using the Meccano set hinges and linkages for the rear trunk)... well that one was so fast it was virtually instantaneous!
Okay, the front hood - well that's a no-brainer. Even the youngest of XLRs is now over a decade old so if you stick your head in there (you are supposed to on occasion), I'd recommend changing or having them changed.
There's been numerous threads regarding trunk operation lately and while most of the time things seem to be electrical, timing or pump issues, I'd highly recommend that those rear ones get changed out. Due to the layout of the linkage, they're really, really stiff, so one would have to think their presence in good operating condition could only be helpful to all the other components in the system.
Summary: If you haven't yet or have no record of 'em ever being done, do consider it. Easier on you, easier on your XLR too.
HTH!
Gord
As per the title - I bought all I needed some time ago and only got around to slapping them all in yesterday. Holy smokes, what a difference. The hood nearly whacked me in the chin and seeing as I'm running only as a hard-top (hydraulics disconnected and only using the Meccano set hinges and linkages for the rear trunk)... well that one was so fast it was virtually instantaneous!
Okay, the front hood - well that's a no-brainer. Even the youngest of XLRs is now over a decade old so if you stick your head in there (you are supposed to on occasion), I'd recommend changing or having them changed.
There's been numerous threads regarding trunk operation lately and while most of the time things seem to be electrical, timing or pump issues, I'd highly recommend that those rear ones get changed out. Due to the layout of the linkage, they're really, really stiff, so one would have to think their presence in good operating condition could only be helpful to all the other components in the system.
Summary: If you haven't yet or have no record of 'em ever being done, do consider it. Easier on you, easier on your XLR too.
HTH!
Gord