Mazda MX5/Miata ND hood/bonnet strut quick retrofit installation

We don't open our hoods/bonnet often but when we do we're greeted with a cheap experience due to the stick holding it up. This cheap mod allows us to modernize our modern sports cars a little bit.

[@gerstrikwerda4808]

Thank you for these instructions

[@lincolnlawyer9704]

You should have put a small amount a general use grease into the socket both ends before attaching. It’s not illegal to install these aftermarket struts on cars anywhere that I know of in the world. Also you don’t remove the actual support arm anyway. Finally the hood on a ND MX-5 is extreme light, I can’t see it hurting anyone to badly if both struts magically lost their seals at the same time.

[@AlexisGitarre]

This is highly ILLEGAL in Europe unfortunately. Every insurance quits as soon as you have an accident.

[@Twin.motors]

What do you mean? Illegal because it has mods? There are loads of cars with no airbags under their hood, the Mx5 ND is quite rare to have one.

[@newoctavian]

@@Twin.motors Do you have the link where you've bought them from?

[@Twin.motors]

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