EVC pop-top struts/shocks for easier pop-top popping

[jackbombay]

I get e-mails from time to time from people asking about stronger pop-top struts for their EVC, I don't know much about the EVC, and have never actually been inside of one but I'm sure it will be helpful for all the EVC owners to have a thread where they can relay their experiences with various strength struts for their pop-tops.


The stock struts are part number GSNI-3100-100, from [url=http://www.spdhardware.com/catalog/list.asp?id={FD677C08-6417-4A4C-9551-C52741324413}]here[/url], they have 100 pounds of force, any of the 3100 series will be the correct length for the EVC roof, the last number is the amount of force.

One guy told me that with nothing on the roof and 120 pound struts the roof just about pops itself, but he had to pull down a fair bit to get the roof down, but his shoulders can pull better than they can push so it works well for him.

As far as strengths of shocks for people with rocket boxes on the roof or the like I'm not totally sure, thats largely what this thread is for. I wouldn't go over 150 pounds of force as with nothing on the roof it would be quite a battle to get the roof down, and I'm not sure how the strut connects to the roof so 150 pounds might already be pushing the strength of the roof.

As far as boxes on the roof are concerned,if your box is not mounted to the roof yet you want to mount it a far back as possible so you will be lifting the extra weight the shortest distance possible.

Hope this helps
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