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09-14-2005, 06:25 PM
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BhashaZ has it correct. It is found in the hatch.
I was amaZZed at the engineering and complexity of something that has such a simple function.
I removed mine, as did many others here. I really can't see why it is needed.
(wats a horse mount?)
I was amaZZed at the engineering and complexity of something that has such a simple function.
I removed mine, as did many others here. I really can't see why it is needed.
(wats a horse mount?)
Last edited by JCat; 09-14-2005 at 06:27 PM.
09-14-2005, 08:14 PM
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jcn30127: why did you remove it? I installed the INGS half spoiler so my hatch doesn't pop open as easily, so I wanted to remove the counterweight. But when I went to remove it, it wasn't there. Where exactly was it located, since this is the first time I have seen a picture of it. I'm assuming it's the part I circled in red? 
09-14-2005, 08:44 PM
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I also want to take the counter weight out of my hatch but I am not sure where it is located.. I have the Nismo US spoiler and frankly opening the trunk is a pain in the *** now.
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09-14-2005, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Jergens
I also want to take the counter weight out of my hatch but I am not sure where it is located.. I have the Nismo US spoiler and frankly opening the trunk is a pain in the *** now.
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09-15-2005, 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Wired 24/7
So if I take this out, when I open the hatch with my remote, will it like fly open? As it stands, the hatch just pops and sits there. (No wing)
09-15-2005, 06:46 AM
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Answers to your questions:
Mine was here:
Why you do not have one?.......I don't know.
I removed mine cause every time I closed the hatch, it closed with a HUGE slam.
NOW it seem to pop open easier, stay open better, and it doesn't seem to slam shut as much.
If you don't have it....great!
Mine was here:
Why you do not have one?.......I don't know.
I removed mine cause every time I closed the hatch, it closed with a HUGE slam.
NOW it seem to pop open easier, stay open better, and it doesn't seem to slam shut as much.
If you don't have it....great!
09-15-2005, 06:53 AM
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I believe that the weight is there in non-spoiler cars to offset the weight of the missing OEM spoiler. If you don't have the weight then your car probably came with the factory spoiler. The OEM hatch lifts are also a little stiffer in cars that have the OEM spoiler...
09-15-2005, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by teh215
I believe that the weight is there in non-spoiler cars to offset the weight of the missing OEM spoiler. If you don't have the weight then your car probably came with the factory spoiler. The OEM hatch lifts are also a little stiffer in cars that have the OEM spoiler...
09-15-2005, 09:25 AM
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Its only suppose to pop open and sit there. It's not suppose to open all the way. The problem for some is that they would hit the trunk open button and it would only half un-latch, so it woul look open but still be locked in. This is where the penny trick comes in. (Putting two pennies in each of the springs found a foot or so below the shocks)