Does the hood or trunk on your Ferrari no longer stay up by itself?
Monroe, the shock absorber company, also manufactures a line of
"Max-lift gas charged lift supports" for automobile hoods and rear
hatches at very attractive prices. Your local Monroe shock absorber
dealer should have a "Max-lift" catalogue. Does the hood or trunk on
your Ferrari no longer stay up by itself?
Monroe, the shock absorber company, also manufactures a line of
"Max-lift gas charged lift supports" for automobile hoods and rear
hatches at very attractive prices. Your local Monroe shock absorber
dealer should have a "Max-lift" catalogue.
All the struts made by Monroe are listed by compressed and
extended lengths and also by the style of the ends by which the
struts attach to the car. What is not listed is how much weight they
will hold up but that is available by calling the tech line number
listed in the catalogue. All you need to do is measure the fully
compressed length and the fully extended length of the worn out
strut on your car from the center of the mounting bolt or stud on
one end to the center of the mounting hardware on the other end. Use
the figures you obtained and compare them to minimum and maximum
lengths in the catalogue. Finding a strut which matches perfectly is
rare but usually something can be found which comes close. A new
strut with a slightly shorter compressed length will work as long as
it has enough extended length, while a slightly longer compressed
length may not allow your car's hood, rear hatch, or trunk lid to
close. A longer extended length may or may not work. This is
something you will have to measure. A slightly shorter extended
length may not allow for as much opening but you might be willing to
live with it. It sure beats getting hit on the head with a heavy
hood that won't stay up any longer.
Some adaptation with alternate bolts, washers and bushings may be
necessary to adapt the ends of the new strut to your car. Determine
downward load of the open hood or hatch with a broom stick and a
bathroom scale. Remember to divide that figure in half if your car
uses double struts and then make sure you pick a slightly higher
load rating than your calculation.
We recently had very good luck replacing gas struts on a Ferrari
365 GTC4. We used part number 901002 on the hood with great results.
An alternative is to install struts with adjustable gas pressure or
to have the old struts rebuilt.
