I don't know, haven't tried it. But the hd ones I installed a few months ago are really strong and I'd wouldn't be surprised if they wouldn't do the trick.

alistair
On 2012-05-06, at 6:14 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> Are these strong enough to work without the cable/spring assist?  Mine are
> broken and this doesn't look like an easy fix.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Alistair Bell
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 7:27 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Poptop lift assist
> 
> I agree. I've installed 5 sets now on various friends vans. Including the
> heavy duty struts (they are hard to compress with no pop top load). A big
> recommendation from me too.
> 
> I did make my own home brewed version
> (http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/vanagon-pop-top-assist-struts/)
> just because a friend gave me some ball end fittings and I had some old
> hatch struts. It worked out fine but it really was not worth the time and
> effort, better to buy JackBombay's kit.
> 
> alistair
> 
> 
> On 2012-05-05, at 6:45 PM, Roger Barkley wrote:
> 
>> Just installed the poptop lift kit from
>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=798951    ($95.00)
>> what a differance. I think it may be the best thing I've added to the 
>> Westy  :-)  :-)
>