One of the maintenance items that required attention was the replacement of the bonnet struts. The previous owner had fixed the issue with a dirty hack, which is a known one: drill a hole and put a pin into it. Cheap and effective - like it. But I preferred to have it rather fixed as it looks more decent.
I didn't expect it would be very difficult to obtain these type/size of struts. But I was wrong. Eventually I found them on Eurospares for only 191,- Euro each, excluding shipping:
Ferrari 400 GT (Coachwork) - SUPPORT Part No.
253-28-550-00
So I figured the currently solution wasn't so bad after all. But luck was on my side as my radar found this company who sells them for 25 GBP only:
http://www.sgs-engineering.com/gsc1263-ferrari-400-bonnet-strut
Needless to say I ordered them instantly. I will add this piece of work on my todo maintenance list:
There are companies who can refill tired gas struts. Doesn't work if the dirty fix has been applied of course.
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DeleteThanks for the great blog btw! Did these struts end up working for you? I notice the ends seem a little different. Thanks again.
Apologies for the late response, I only noticed the comment by today. Yes, it did work out. If I recall correctly I only had to drill out the hole on one end to make it actually fit. But it's working fine since I had installed these.
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