Baggage compartment door

[Nightshifter]

I was tired of always hanging on to the door on the road side basement access. I installed a gas assist strut and a brace on the door for strength. Now the door opens past 90 degrees and stops. No more flying around in the wind.

 

[cookie]

Nice job.

Peace
Dave

 

[SLO]

I like the idea of the diamond plate for the mounting surface. Nice job.


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[JohnDar]

This was my simpler solution to that problem. I added the aluminum reinforcement plate to both doors.

 

[Nightshifter]

Yes you definitely need something to reinforce the inside skin of the door because it is paper thin. I just couldn’t get myself to drill a hole through the outside.

 

[Go-Fly]

Nice. I've wanted to do that to my door as well. What size of strut did you use?

 

[JohnDar]

Yes you definitely need something to reinforce the inside skin of the door because it is paper thin. I just couldn’t get myself to drill a hole through the outside.

Once I summed up the courage to drill the first hole, the rest were easy. It doesn't take getting spanked by that door too many times to decide to do something about it. How did you attach the strut to the door opening?

 

[Shortest Straw]

I put these on instead. They are the same size as the oem magnetic ones that hold my curb side door open. I installed the last one in a position that it works for the propane door as well. I even put one on the inside of the propane door in case it is open and I need to get into storage.