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[Minidarren83]

Don't want to be negative bud but will the hinges you have made be ok with the force onto rams? I know my BMW ones on my front end are half the size of yours and they take a bit of force to compress ?

More on the hinges coming up I've braced and added material in a few places to help pictures to follow tomorrow

[hoody99]

Ahh I thought you might of combated this in some way just want sure. I await the pics lol

[Minidarren83]

Well here we go minus some minor adjustments it's done

The first thing I encountered was the struts were too far forward to allow the boot to close so chopped the rear mount out sliced the back off then welded it back on the parcel shelf. One of my captive nuts let go too so welded it in for good



Then on with the boot lid I will be using. Not a bad fit like I say some minor tweets needed



And up it goes



And here you can see how it all mounts up and how much I've braced the hinges





And all the way up



And a video for you all. It all needs making a little smoother but all in the tweaks and smooth all the welds over

http://i1166.photobu...zps88d78be0.mp4

Pretty chuffed really

Comments welcome ,cheers Darren

[benjy_18]

Love the boot lid! Should be a much better fit once you have a seal and a catch on there,

I thought of doing internal hinges but opening upwards never crossed my mind! Well done!

[hoody99]

Ah the final product lol looks awesome bud well worth the effort and time lol

[joezone2001]

Cracking work Darren! That boot looks great. The hinges look cool too.
Keep up the good work.
Joe

[Minidarren83]

Cheers people glad my work isn't going unnoticed

Darren

[Minidarren83]

Last installment in the boot saga and it's done lock fitted and working I made this little bracket to hold the lock to the boot floor in the desired position




Then welded the little bugger to the boot floor



And this is it fully working

http://i1166.photobu...zpsed6c0046.mp4

Just starring to get the arches ready to fit lots of grinding to do

Cheers Darren

[alex-95]

Excellent work on the boot lid

[Skortchio]

Fine work there, dude!

 

Best get the rear quarter on before the arch though, just being a traditionalist

[Carlos W]

Did you sort some supports for it?

[Minidarren83]

Cheers Alex

Fine work there, dude!
 
Best get the rear quarter on before the arch though, just being a traditionalist

I mean the inner arches silly lol

  

Did you sort some supports for it?

Yes mate they needed to be exactly the same length but a little stronger found some at work called camloc varilift adjustable force and stroke speed

[brad101]

just read the whole thread, man that car is going to be a beaut!!!!! awesome job on all the fab work!!! cant wait to see it completed.

[Ben_O]

Nice one with the boot, That really is something different for the shows!

 

Ben

[Minidarren83]

just read the whole thread, man that car is going to be a beaut!!!!! awesome job on all the fab work!!! cant wait to see it completed.

Cheers mate and welcome to my thread. I can't wait to see the end if it too lol