Bonnet Struts

[LexusIS200Sam]

Hello all, Fitted another quick mod today. I have gone for the Bonnet strut kit offered by pro-lex.

A very good kit, Easy to fit and makes lifting the bonnet alot easier. Let alone makes it look better ;)

Oh yes and thats my new reg plate on the car

Thanks again Prolex B)

[Adie]

Very clean engine bay you've got there mate :o

What's the red box

[Gord]

Very Nice, for the lights (red box) HID's i think

[LexusIS200Sam]

Very clean engine bay you've got there mate :o

What's the red box

Power Packs for my HID's , Should look better when theres a TTE supercharger in there

[Dave-Ellen]

Thanks for your kind comments...and further apologies for sending you the wrong ones in the first place !

[LexusIS200Sam]

Thanks for your kind comments...and further apologies for sending you the wrong ones in the first place !

No Apologies needed dave, We all make mistakes. It was not nesscery that i needed them straight away. :)

[Ally]

looking good Sam. Your engine bay is far too clean though :D

[Mr Singh]

Nice.

I see the modding bug is starting to hit you..

That plate will have the boys in blue tongues waggling haha

I'm just as bad... 1 fine so far

[Moffet]

Looks good. I just bought some of these from a fellow LOC'er (cheers Necromax!) but they didn't come with instructions.

Can you tell me what you did about securing the relay box mounting after you removed it to use the screw hole for the strut? Did you just screw it in with the strut mount?

Cheers!

[LexusIS200Sam]

@Ally -

Thanks, could be alot cleaner ;)

@Mr Singh

Yep it has caught me I love it, but i think my wallet doesnt , Im just waiting for them to clock it

@Moffet

With that side i didnt use the bolts provided, i just used the original bolt from the relay mount,

I placed the strut bar mount on top and replaced the screw, Give me a PM if you need any help. B)

[Lord Ripper]

Thanks for your kind comments...and further apologies for sending you the wrong ones in the first place !

I know these struts are said on the website to be for carbon bonnets but would these struts be fine on a heavier standard bonnet ? Thanks :)

[lee_iceman]

Thanks for your kind comments...and further apologies for sending you the wrong ones in the first place !

I know these struts are said on the website to be for carbon bonnets but would these struts be fine on a heavier standard bonnet ? Thanks :)

mate there are 2 types on the website, these ones for normal bonnets for £100 then the ones for carbon bonnets for £120. Don't know if Dave has any left but I got some stainless ones for £190.

[Pip]

Really need to clean my engine now as its a disgrace looking at that. Did you get it steam cleaned or did you do it yourself?

[Lord Ripper]

Thanks for your kind comments...and further apologies for sending you the wrong ones in the first place !

I know these struts are said on the website to be for carbon bonnets but would these struts be fine on a heavier standard bonnet ? Thanks :)

mate there are 2 types on the website, these ones for normal bonnets for £100 then the ones for carbon bonnets for £120. Don't know if Dave has any left but I got some stainless ones for £190.

Hey, thanks didn't see those ! ;)

[Moffet]

Forgot to mention I fitted mine at the weekend and they work a treat. Only took a few minutes!

Thanks for the advice! :D

[Niraj]

I fitted mine a couple weeks ago :) Does the job really well, aside from a very slight slight scrape of the driver side strut slightly grazing the aluminium brake fluid (master cylinder box) i think it is?! not sure if anyone else noticed it.

i didn't secure down my relay box... will have to think up something to get it looking OEM again.

[lee_iceman]

I fitted mine a couple weeks ago :) Does the job really well, aside from a very slight slight scrape of the driver side strut slightly grazing the aluminium brake fluid (master cylinder box) i think it is?! not sure if anyone else noticed it.

i didn't secure down my relay box... will have to think up something to get it looking OEM again.

Nope, no scrapes at all mate, there was a fixing bracket in the kit for relay box.

[Niraj]

I fitted mine a couple weeks ago :) Does the job really well, aside from a very slight slight scrape of the driver side strut slightly grazing the aluminium brake fluid (master cylinder box) i think it is?! not sure if anyone else noticed it.

i didn't secure down my relay box... will have to think up something to get it looking OEM again.

Nope, no scrapes at all mate, there was a fixing bracket in the kit for relay box.

i thought there might be something to hold it properly, it looks a bit tacky with the relay box hanging off... i'll have to get Dave to send me one. As for the scraping... it's wafer thin... barely noticable... just wondered if anyone did check though, cos the clearance between the strut and box is miniscule.

Also just noticed, i followed the instructions in the kit, which show the L shape bracket mounted in the engine bay to be opposite way rount to the ones in the pics above. Which brings the strut in a little closer and hence why mine may scrape. The instructions were for US spec IS's and i noticed, that they don't have the alluminium brake cylinder box, in the engine bay where we do?!?!

[lee_iceman]

Here you go mate, this is what it should look like

[Niraj]

yup :) that's the direction i mounted mine... notice the difference compared to the pics above...

i dont see the relay mounting on your pic though?