Adjusting rear hatch latch or actuator
I recently installed a 2014 nismo rear spoiler on my sport. Due to the extra weight of the nismo spoiler it takes a couple on pushes of the button while slightly lifting of the hatch to get the latch to release. With the sport spoiler it would release first time, everytime.
I figured it was the struts not beind strong enough to provide the initial lifting force so I ordered a set of the Z1 super heavy duty struts. It still does the same thing with the new struts. Also, my hatch didn't come with the counter weight installed or I would have taken that out. Does anyone know if there is an adjustment on the latch or actuator that might fix this issue? |
The nickles in the bumper* trick might work.
*I can't remember the name of the part but it pushes the hatch up when opening. One one each side. |
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I figured it out. The nismo hatch uses longer helper springs. I took the ones off my spare nismo hatch and installed them. Works great now.
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For those that do not have those Nismo springs, I just glued these to the car at the point where the springs touch the body of the car.
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My nismo boots were torn so I popped the boots off my sport spring assembly, put the nismo spacers in and pulled the boot back up. The sport boot is a little shorter so I used a c-clamp to compress the spring while pulling the boot up and over the lip of the spring assembly. Added a little super glue just to make sure they don't pull back down. They look like brand new nismo spring assemblies now. |
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