i was working on my car yesturday and i wanted to adjust my CF trunk so it would be flush (it kinda has a gap on the sides). i removed one of the tension bars so that it wont go flying open and now one side is flush with the rear fender and the other side still has a gap.... i was wondering if i took out both tension bars will my trunk not open when i pull the trunk release from the inside?

 

oo I made this mistake. I can easily fix it but when you do that there is nuthin pulling up on the trunk when u pull the lever. If you take out the 2nd one you will have to either have 2 ppl to open the trunk lift a little before u pull the lever and wedge somthin in there. Its a pain in the ***. And its hell tryin to get the tension bar back on. Im goin to be trying to adjust mine here soon whenever I get some time. I wanna just have one tension bar and weld the bracket that it latches to a little lower than it is now. I know what u mean its been a nightmare tryin to get this trunk on perfect

 

damn ... thanks for warning me. good luck with trying to put the bar back on... i was worried when i was removing one bar b/c i felt so much tension that i thought it was gonna pop and smack me on my face

 

yea that wasnt fun I got hit w/ both of em. Im hopin to try to fix this within a month so ill let u know what I do and if i get it fixed

 

My trunk doesn't go up when I pull the thing. heh. It does unlock, but I have to physically pull it open...

 

^^ ... the trunk lock doesnt lock after u let go of the trunk release? ... i always thought that once u let to the truck locks again. so ur able to unlock it, get out of ur car and open the trunk? ..

 

im in the same boat as blacksheep. i dynomatted the trunk lid so i gotta pull it up after i pop lock.

 

Exactly.

 

Or if ur trunk is aligned just perfectly, as mine is, it wont even unlock. It sux