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Plenty of thread posts on the C5’s thin trunk opening as struts or latch spring age. Mine opened but I wanted a bit more space. I read here about wrapping some small compression springs around the lower strut ends and thought to give it a shot. $4 at ACE and yep, it pops just enough more from the tension to get my finger tips comfortably within to open. I picked what looked to have enough tension. You can try other gauges. I snipped the ends for easier wrapping and took just a few minutes. And I have two left over. Ha.
Plenty of thread posts on the C5’s thin trunk opening as struts or latch spring age. Mine opened but I wanted a bit more space. I read here about wrapping some small compression springs around the lower strut ends and thought to give it a shot. $4 at ACE and yep, it pops just enough more from the tension to get my finger tips comfortably within to open. I picked what looked to have enough tension. You can try other gauges. I snipped the ends for easier wrapping and took just a few minutes. And I have two left over. Ha.
GREAT idea!!!! So simple, too. I just got new struts at Xmas (thank you, wife!!). But they still could use a little more gap. I must have at least 50 compression springs in the garage. Must be at least 1 or 2 pair that will work. I'm gonna check this out when I get home. Thanks for your post....
Interesting. I did the little popper spring on the striker mod to get some extra pop a few years back but I thought it looked gaudy with the trunk open so I took it off. This looks much better, and if the springs were black...
Interesting. I did the little popper spring on the striker mod to get some extra pop a few years back but I thought it looked gaudy with the trunk open so I took it off. This looks much better, and if the springs were black...
Agree, black would look better but you can spray some flat black or dip.
Trunk Strut Fix... for $4.00?
Good job with the fix.
