With the strut removed, you can open the door more. The limitation would be the length of the COMPRESSED strut needs to "fit" with the door closed. If you make the strut longer, it will bend or break the strut mounts when the door is closed. --- Owen Emry <owen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thus, my question: What else (other than the gas > strut) limits the door travel, and why don't our > doors open further? Seems to me it would be more > convenient to have the door open as far as possible. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/