Hi Everyone
I just got a brand new cf trunk.....

I was hoping for some install advise.

Any info would be helpful. Im not looking for the obivious....

More along the lines of keep the tenshion bars? remove them both? or replace them with the rs bar, since there will NOT be a wing. Im worried that with the lightness of the cf trunk will the two bars might snap the trunk or create stress cracks, or break it in way?

How to drill a hole into te trunk for the trunk lock? Do I want a trunk lock?

thanks for any help

cheers

 

When I removed my spoiler from my stock EVO 8 the trunk would just pop open full swing up when you unlock it.
Those tension bars are to strong, I'm sure the rs will be similar with your new CF trunk.
Don't install the tension bars and don't drill for lock!

 

Yea just use a broom stick, problem fixed

 

When I installed my Do-Luck trunk I didn't use the tension bars. Had the GF get on the inside of the trunk and help line it up during install. It also had the key lock hole pre-drilled, sounds like you got the knock-off Do-Luck.

 

ex wife took it as trasportation
Hehe

 

Didn't want to spend that much
For a trunk better things to spend it on
Its a vis trunk and looks fantastic just like their hood I bought
So tension bars or not?

 

Seibon > VIS hope it works out. btw might want to get a professional clear coat it will turn yellow before the years up!

 

when I repaint i will have the same color as the but with the carbon fibers showing thru.

Ive had the hood for over a year and it stil looks perfect. so yellowing maybe but so far not this hood :-)

any comment on the question at hand?

tension bars , tension bar or no tension bar....key hole or not?

i'm, looking for useful advise on how to install not wether you like the vis brand or not.
jsut install experience...

thanks to everyone whos help out so far.

 

I have the Carbon VIS trunk on my car and am very happy with it. It is just over a year old and looks just as good today as the day I got it.

I would recommend removing the tensioner unless you desire to use it as a weapon for protection. If you were ever in a battle you could place small bombs on the top of your new trunk, pull the level, and catapult those bombs 100yds. into enemy territory

 

Thank you your car looks grest
The advise is just what i needed
What about the lock?
Also what about a gas strut to open it slowly?
I would like the strut for both hood and trunk
What do you think?

 

Any other good advise from anyone else with install experience?
Would a gas strut be ok for the trunk?

 

That's up to you. I never really thought about it. I just use a rod that I keep in the trunk to hold it open. Also, I didn't bother doing a key, so I can't offer you any advice on that.

 

I used one torsion bar and removed the other one. I also have a Vis cf doluck rep. Didn't install the keyhole. Works great!

 

with the one tersion bar in place, that keep the trunk open?

 

Yes, like stock trunk with wing on.