Hey guys, I recently removed the spoiler on my s14's trunk lid. Now the trunk opens with the force of an ejector seat... I'm afraid it might smash my glass, or warp the trunk. I noticed that there are two rods that provide tension to the trunk lid causing it to lift. I removed one of them and now the trunk doesn't open forcefully anymore but it also is unable to stay open by itself now. Can any of you wingless guys tell me how your trunk springs are oriented, or perhaps take a picture of how they are set? Any help is appreciated. I tried searching google and a number of other forums to no avail.

 

when i took my spoiler off my old s14 i just bent the springs a lil so they weren't twisted as much... donno if that helps you but it solved the problem on my old s14

 

im not sure on S chassis, but a lot of manufacturers have two different set of torsion rods in this kind of instance. wing/ non wing would have different rods.

 

had this same problem on my old coupe i just let it fly open never hurt anything.
even got bored and was putting shit on top to make them fly lol

 

Im going through the same thing Kevin haha. What I do is pop the trunk open and quickly move my hand to stop it before it does the whiplash movement. Or I open it with the key outside. It's annoying me as well, but I just never got around to do anything about it.

 

the cheap easy way would be to bed the bars lil by lil. will take some time. and if u start to bend in the wrong way u will know when u put them back on cause it will fly faster.

 

duct tape a bunch of quarters to the underside of it, adds value to your car at the same time