weak trunk springs

steve8462 · Post by **steve8462** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:38 pm

the trunk springs on my 1979 Fiat Spider seem to be no longer strong enough to hold up my trunk lid. i looked inside the trunk and the springs seem to be on the last spot on the bracket to stretch them. any suggestions. i would like to thank everybody that has helped me on my journey towards total Spider bliss. (just not there yet) LOL

narfire · Post by **narfire** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:23 pm

I went to my local jobber store and bought a couple of smaller diameter springs and with a bit of fiddling, got them inside the bigger springs. Trunk stayed up with a rack on afterwards. Have since taken the rack off and all is good.

Chris

steve8462 · Post by **steve8462** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:24 pm

i never thought of doing that. thats a good idea. i was pondering sliding back the spring cover and putting a couple of zip ties along the spring to make it a little tighter. thanks for the tip

RRoller123 · Post by **RRoller123** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:54 pm

That is really clever, and a clean solution.

JConnerly · Post by **JConnerly** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:22 pm

Based the above discussion I placed a nylon tie on each of my springs and now the trunk stays open! Now I need to get some black ones that won't be quite as obvious as the white ones.

steve8462 · Post by **steve8462** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:58 am

cool beans, thanks for the great ideas. i think i might try the zip tie route first (less work)

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