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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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has anyone tried to put an automatic hatch opener that fully opens an xa's hatch? I'm not talking about just a trunk release but fully opens it with a press of a button
Old Jan 28, 2007 | 08:05 PM
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something like this...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TRUNK...spagenameZWDVW
Old Jan 28, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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what you're looking for is called a popper.
Old Jan 28, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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i havent feard of it hapening however im confident it can be done. i need something like this with all the cargo i haul around, my hands are usually tied with boxes n stuff, lol
Old Jan 28, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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I found a thread about poppers, used in this case for shaved door handles:
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...ghlight=popper

Old Jan 28, 2007 | 08:49 PM
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i think the popper would just unlock it and release the locks, I was hoping to get a small motor or gear that would actually completely open the hatch. The same concept as the Motorized Radio Cover for the TC.
Old Jan 28, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by pjloppez
i think the popper would just unlock it and release the locks, I was hoping to get a small motor or gear that would actually completely open the hatch. The same concept as the Motorized Radio Cover for the TC.

please read the thread i posted, then.
Old Jan 28, 2007 | 09:23 PM
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he wants some thing like what the chrysler town and country has on their rear hatch automatically opens and closes
Old Jan 28, 2007 | 09:27 PM
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I understand. I would think, though, that something like a 50lb popper would get the hatch to a point that the gas struts would just take over. wouldn't you?
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I'd look into a motorized actuator....control the speed of the open and close.....
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