Automatic Boot open

[grem]

Seen a couple of the German guys doing this mod and was wandering if the parts are available in the UK or if anyone knows how to do it.
I've linked a video below demonstrating the mod, also if anyone wants to do a bit of research themselves here's a German translation 'automatic achterklep vw polo' search that and you should see various videos of the auto boot open.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nkxYnDP6qA

[beatty599]

pretty cool mod, but seems like could do a bit of damage if hit by accident in the wrong place

[grem]

Oh dear I never even considered that
I still think its worth it for the sake of being extra careful with that button

[beatty599]

if you could set the opening height like on some of the modern bmws etc it would be the ticket

[ciclo]

http://www.polo9n.info/Wissen/anleitung ... heckklappe

I did and removed, total failure.
Works good, however needs to do too much force to close the tailgate.

[Mart!n-GTI-DK]

http://www.polo9n.info/Wissen/anleitung ... heckklappe

I did and removed, total failure.
Works good, however needs to do too much force to close the tailgate.

Plus it has a tendence to fail in the winter or cold weather.

[grem]

I see, would you say its not worth doing? Looks like a bit of a disaster to me


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[Mart!n-GTI-DK]

I see, would you say its not worth doing? Looks like a bit of a disaster to me

That's gonna be a big NO from me.

Everyone I've seen who has done this has removed it again.

[BlueEyesGT]

http://www.polo9n.info/Wissen/anleitung ... heckklappe

I did and removed, total failure.
Works good, however needs to do too much force to close the tailgate.

Hello Ciclo, great fan of your VW mods
Sorry to bring up this old post. I been contemplating adding this to my Polo, closing the boot with much force notwithstanding!!
Would highly appreciate if you could confirm if these parts would be sufficient to achieve this:

• 2 Gas damper for tailgate from Seat Toledo 1: Part# 1L0 827 550 or 1L0 827 550A

• 2 springy buffers from the Scirocco: Part# 1K8 827 761 D

These taken from the link you shared in your post.
After changing buffers alone, not sure if the force of the stock tailgate gas dampers would be enough to push it all the way up. I would be either getting OEM gas struts from Seat Toledo 1 or would source these from sgs-engineering.com with these specifications: 530nm pressure, 515mm length, 220mm cartridge

Will I be requiring any other parts like Ball pins(1J6 827 439 A) to achieve this? or stock pins would be enough
I will highly appreciate your reply, will be very thank full.
Thanks for your time


PS: My Polo is same as graaja's, Polo GT TSI 6R (2015 make)

[iichel]

No just the puffers and gas springs. It's not perfect, and will make the closing of the boot more difficult too.

[BlueEyesGT]

Thanks for the quick response, much appreciated.