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Naio
Jul 26, 2015Explorer II
Chris Bryant wrote:
My ignorance may be showing, but I've never seen a van with gas struts on the hood, though that doesn't really mean anything. I would wonder if there is enough length in a van hood to use one, that's a wide swing, heavy load, and short distance front to back to fit a strut.
It's actually a very light load. Eyeballing, I think there is room for the length just fine. The wide swing, I dunno. It
IS big, but looks ok to me.
BTW, if you want to search, they are called gas springs.
Thanks, I had not heard that term before.
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