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Old 2nd June 2018, 12:21 AM
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I have ordered GSC2546 so will post back with the results in a week or so. It's a shame these will be black and the Audi ones stainless finish but hey ho.
Perhaps you should’ve mentioned a group buy Snap as I think loads are after them??
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Old 2nd June 2018, 07:43 AM
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Perhaps you should’ve mentioned a group buy Snap as I think loads are after them??
I'll try them first, I did get some from them for my Passat bonnet years ago and TBH was not 100% happy as when I opened the bonnet, it would shoot up really fast and bang hard on the end-stop and a bit ugly too..
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Old 2nd June 2018, 03:49 PM
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Fair enough. Are the stealer parts silver?
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Old 6th June 2018, 04:32 PM
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My Audi parts are silver and the SGS are black but they look OK on the car.
However they haven't made a scrap of difference to the boot not opening without a little help.
What I will try next is removing some of the heavy stuff out of the toolbox on the underside of boot lid.
Maybe I will stow these in the spare wheel.
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Old 7th June 2018, 01:35 PM
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Apologies All, I have not been concentrating on the forum for a few days.
The answer to this is the round black bumpers under the lip of the boot lid.
There are two of them and what is needed is the spring loaded ones that are adjustable. I did a short note on these a couple of years back and where in Germany I purchased them.
These are spring loaded and you can adjust them to vary the pressure released when the boot is opened. Too far out and the lid will not lock, it just reopens. Not far enough and the lid will not open.
Just correct and the boot will jerk open a inch and then carry on driven by the motor. The first movement can be a loud click.
Hope that makes some sense.
I've been plagued the last couple of hot weather days with it sticking. Resolved it by adjusting the bumpers out a couple of turns.
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Old 7th June 2018, 03:26 PM
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Yes I have the spring laoded ones but forgot about those will have a check of them. Thank you.
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There are two of them and what is needed is the spring loaded ones that are adjustable.
I stumbled across a YouTube video yesterday and that is exactly what they were doing. Didn't understand what they were saying, as it was in German, but the part number is 4F5827249B.

Found only one listing on eBay (link), but the illustration isn't very good. An image search on the part number shows it as the one with the adjustable damper.
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Here's a video in english that explains it. Will try this over the weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um70zvNEtIw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWJ67pcFCHw

I wonder if they can be turned without removing the trim
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Yes, they can be.
They are screwed into the metal and poke through the hole in the trim.
You can then screw? the outer body uo/down by hand. It is trial and error.


You have to release the centre pin before adjusting because the spring loaded pin is what does the work.
I didn't understand this bit and thought that I had wasted my time and money until a clever young smartass pointed it out to me.
I only remembered about the adjustment when reading this thread last night, so went out and tried it. Eureka it worked.


It does make the release a bit noisy late at night, but it works.



Good luck with it.
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You have to release the centre pin before adjusting because the spring loaded pin is what does the work.



Good luck with it.
Thanks. I don't understand your comment about releasing the centre pin?
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