Rear Boot lid ZK torsion bar springs

[burnsy 9]

Hi, I want to safely remove my rear torsion springs. when I release the arms from the 3 position adjustment lugs they go back and hit the shock mount supports and are still under a lot of tension.

Not sure if anyone has tried this?

My boot lid sits high at the window when closed, this is a boot lid of another car and has been fully smoothed on the underside so its probably my stuff-up !

I was hoping to remove the hinge arms cut out 5mm and reweld 

Thanks Burnsy

[deankxf 20,266]

2 hours ago, burnsy said:

Hi, I want to safely remove my rear torsion springs. when I release the arms from the 3 position adjustment lugs they go back and hit the shock mount supports and are still under a lot of tension.

Not sure if anyone has tried this?

My boot lid sits high at the window when closed, this is a boot lid of another car and has been fully smoothed on the underside so its probably my stuff-up !

I was hoping to remove the hinge arms cut out 5mm and reweld 

Thanks Burnsy

 

i don't know if @MNTL.XD is still about, but I vaguely remember Paul doing similar on his XD, thread is below if you feel like checking it out regardless.. 

 

 

 

[2redrovers 21,390]

For a lot of situations it is possible to bend the hinge arms to get the alignment. This may involve some heat but I've used an F shaped lever to give you more power to bend the arms

[bear351c 10,270]

Could cut the torsion springs off, and use gas struts out of an NF Fairlane boot..??  

[burnsy 9]

22 hours ago, bear351c said:

Could cut the torsion springs off, and use gas struts out of an NF Fairlane boot..??  

Thanks, I don`t know why I didn`t think of that.... seems to be the way to go as the lid is also heavy because of the infill panels and bog so I could pressure struts to suit

I will try and find a photo of the NL mounts.

Thanks for all the suggestions.