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Subject:Re: Poptop Lift Assists
From:Dake Collins
Date:Thu, 2 Jul 2015 07:33:31 -0400

Patti,
I installed the JB struts last weekend and I’m a happy camper. The install was straightforward and very easy. I have the printed instructions, send me your snail mail address and I’ll send you a copy.
Dake
> On Jul 2, 2015, at 4:14 AM, PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have handy the link to the installation instructions?  Ken
> Wilford posted an excellent tutorial
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mVDVe5X040> on YouTube, but I'd like to
> have printable instructions.
> 
> Also, comparing the Bombay struts and the GoWesty struts, is one of them
> known to be better than the other?
> 
> The Bombay struts involves drilling only one hole on each side of the
> poptop.  The GoWesty struts involve drilling 8 holes per pair of struts,
> but the strut bracket is installed underneath the rooftop. Looks like 6 of
> one, a half dozen of another!  A bracket underneath the rooftop seems like
> it would be more stable than a side installed bracket, yet I would think
> that it's better to drill 2 holes than 8!
> 
> Patti
> 90 Westy Automatic
> Los Angeles
> 
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