Gas charged hood lifts: are they legal in 2016

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Gas charged hood lifts: are they legal in 2016

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03-03-2016, 11:24

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Re: Gas charged hood lifts: are they legal in 2016

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Originally Posted by paul.dornfeld

We will be using two in series to be able to achieve the needed height.

Your build would almost certainly be more robust if you used two in parallel with a shorter moment arm. (Or getting a shock of the correct length as suggested above).

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