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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 10:57 PM
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Do you guys have probs with them when its cold outside? Now i know they wont work at 100% when its colder out thats a given but mine barely lift the hatch and the only way it stays up is if i push it by hand all the way to its farthest point. Just wondering how everyone elses is acting for them.
Old Jan 4, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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mine lift about half way then stop. Gotta push them all the way up. I've hit my head on the hatch once or twice this winter already.
Old Jan 4, 2008 | 11:21 PM
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Yeah, it's happened to me a few times. I hate winter.
Old Jan 4, 2008 | 11:52 PM
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yea that happens to me also. I hate winter! i want spring to come already.
Old Jan 4, 2008 | 11:54 PM
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+2 get the same thing when its cold out.
Old Jan 5, 2008 | 01:26 AM
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this is normal for winter. Mine doesnt open at all. I wonder if getting the struts for tC w/ a rear wing helps.
Old Jan 5, 2008 | 01:35 AM
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Yeah I have a permanent bump on my head from that stupid thing. Hit it like 4 times already this winter.
Old Jan 5, 2008 | 08:24 AM
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i haven't had a problem *as i knock on wood*
Old Jan 5, 2008 | 08:27 AM
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that has never happened to me
Old Jan 5, 2008 | 07:14 PM
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ive got no reason to open my hatch...yet, so i wouldnt know
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