Can you still get hydraulic bonnet lifters for Mk1?

[RichieB75]

Seen a few posts from people about hydraulic bonnet lifters for Mk2 Octy and also Fabias, but does anyone make them for the Octavia Mk1?

[RobClubley]

You can get Milotec ones from places like Superskoda.com but they're expensive.

Mk3 Golf ones will fit with a bit of bending of the ends

[snow_muncher]

Been told that Ford Mondeo ones can be used ...

My brother has a Mondeo ... wonder if he'd notice if they went missing ? ...

... will go and measure them up when he's not looking

[oggy]

If you can get hold of the ball studs for the lifters, then you can get the Fabia tailgate strut to fit & you only need one

As the bonnet hinge Is at a wrong angle I drilled & tapped a hole central of the two torque screws on the bonnet hinge at a more horizontal angle for the ball stud

[RichieB75]

aha nice

bet there are plenty of mondeos in breakers yards waiting to have their struts removed...

Not sure there will be many Fabias in at the scrappies tho..

@robclubly - is that the fabia one from Milotec in the photo?

[snow_muncher]

The Ford Mondeo ones are 270mm long

A couple of photos for reference:

After looking at pic of Rob's lifters, not sure these would work. Don't think their long/strong enough

They're designed to work more vertically, and helped by a mutli-hinged system.

[andy68]

Try venommotorsport they have some listed on their website

[RobClubley]

aha nice

bet there are plenty of mondeos in breakers yards waiting to have their struts removed...

Not sure there will be many Fabias in at the scrappies tho..

@robclubly - is that the fabia one from Milotec in the photo?

That one's a mk3 Golf one from an Ebay seller - the pair cost 6.99 but one failed after a couple of months.

[chicken_eyebrow]

I had a pair of foliatec ebay ones on mine a couple of years ago but it involved drilling holes in the bonnet hinges to get the top ball joint on the lifters to sit at the right angle so when I got a new bonnet I took them off. The screws and washers that fitted to the bodywork at the other end of the lifters all rusted as well :(

[RichieB75]

Try venommotorsport they have some listed on their website

Win!! only £20 aswell :yes:

[boomsly]

but do they require any drilling and messing about to fit though?