Hi, After working on cleaning my engine bay yesterday, I was wondering if anyone had found a better way of holding open the engine bay cover, the original bracket is not the best, as the knock on the back of my head will contest to. I thought it might be possible to fit a couple of gas struts (perhaps taken from a conventional hatchback) and would be interested to hear if anyone had tried this. Nigel Vin 2677 p.s. I took my car for its first drive out in public yesterday afternoon and I caused quite a stir when I stopped outside the bank ATM machine.