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Auto trunk raise feature. Anyone tried a stiffer gas strut spring?

Old Dec 5, 2017 | 09:48 AM
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Auto trunk raise feature. Anyone tried a stiffer gas strut spring?

Its nice we can unlock the trunk easily. But it's a pain to get the thing to raise with your hands full. Has anyone put in a stronger gas strut so that once unlocked it raises up at least a little bit?
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Old Dec 5, 2017 | 11:38 AM
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Doubt that would do anything other than make the trunk require more effort to close since they don't really exert upward force until the lid is lifted
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Old Dec 5, 2017 | 02:44 PM
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I ask because the Bimmer guys figured out how to do it:

open trunk automatically -

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Old Dec 5, 2017 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael_in_DE
I ask because the Bimmer guys figured out how to do it:

open trunk automatically -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZTmWeTlDaw
looks like they just put a spring on the strut to give it a small head start. Seems to work fine on the hatchback, but I dont think it will work the same on ours
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