Bootlid Springs - Giulia Super

[werdna]

Hey all,
My current springs are barely holding the lid up, they are 'adjusted' to the maximum setting. Was wondering if anybody knows where I can pick up a new/good used set.
Thanks,
Andrew

[AikenDrum105]

Mine are the same on the '66 - I thought it must be the amount of filler and coats of paint on the bootlid 


Considering how vicious that bootlid latch is on the back of your head..  I should have fixed it by now       I wonder if we could cut the drop arm off the existing springs, then use a torch to heat/bend the lowest coil down to be a new link - thereby shortening the spring........   Or not...      

[werdna]

Hahahah. Thats happened to me a few times. I now use my head to hold the lid up.
Thought there might have been an online shop I missed....

[McAnnik]

    A piece of broom handle cut to length works well here! It's effective on most cars, especially  with collapsed gas struts. Don't tell everybody! Dealers will go broke not selling spare parts!!!.........................

[colcol]

As pointed out, shorten the spring to make the spring act stronger or get some different springs, those gas struts,....what can i say, years ago i was at a car auction, and there was a 33 hatchback, and i checked the boot and there was a trusty cut down broom handle which i knew what it was for, a few 33 virgins didn't know, and when they checked the boot and ignored the broom stick 'helper', the boot hatch clobbered them, was hilarious for all the wrong reasons, old cars boot springs used to last years, unlike the modern gas struts, Colin.

[Barry Edmunds]

If and when someone works out how to relocate/adjust the aforementioned boot lid springs I'm very interested as mine (67 Super) have failed. As a result I too have joined the length of wood substitute for boot lid springs group. Yes the unexpected whack on the head does get one's attention.
Barry

[Barry Edmunds]

Bruno and Giancarlo at Maranello Pursang adjusted (fixed) my boot lid springs so I no longer am in danger of the sudden and unexpected whack on the back of the head.
Spring adjustment achieved using a pair of large pliers usually used for removing brake shoes on drum-braked cars. These pliers have a hook on one jaw to grip on the spring to move the hooked end of the spring to the next lower point on the body. Good arm strength is an obvious asset in adjusting the spring/s.
Barry