69 AND 70 JUDGE TRUNK SPRINGS

OK I WANT INFO ON THE WAY TO TELL IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TRUNK ROSD OR SPRINGS ON YOUR 1969 AND 70 GTO JUDGE.

I HAVE A 1969 GTO JUDGE AND WHEN YOU TRUN THE KEY IN THE TRUNK THE LID WILL HIT YOU IN THE FACE IF YOU ARE IN THE WAY. IT HAS DONE THIS SINCE IT WAS NEW.

THE OTHER DAY I WAS AT A CAR SHOW AND THERE WAS A 1969 JUDGE THERE THAT WAS BLACK. HE HAD ALL THE RIGHT PARTS AND THE STICKER THAT SHOWED IT WAS A JUDGE. I ASKED HIM TO OPEN THE TRUNK AND WHEN HE DID THE LID ONLY CAME UP ABOUT A INCH OR TWO, THEN HE PUSHED IT UP THE REST OF THE WAY AND THE LID DID STAY UP.

IS HIS CAR A FAKE OR WHAT?

SO ALL YOU 69 AND 70 GTO JUDGE OWNERS OUT THERE GIVE ME SOME FEEBACK SO I CAN PUT THIS TO REST.

MY CAR IS ONE OF THE FIRST 2000 GTO JUDGES THAT WERE ORANGE.
DID PONTIAC CHANGE THE RODS AFTER THAT? LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

THANKS

MARV

I wouldn't necessary say they are fake. I do not have the Judge decklid springs next to the non-judge, but I heard they are different dia.

I have a 69 Judge, without the spoiler currently on it, and it is far from smacking you in the face, but it does open more agressively than the lemans that I have.

HI CAN YOU MEASURE THE DIAMETER OF YOUR JUDGE WITH OUT THE SPOILER AND LET ME KNOW BOTH RODS WITH A CALIPER
THANKS
MARV

DONT KNOW IF THIS HELPS OR NOT , I HAVE A 68 CONV. GTO AND THE TRUNK RODS OR SPRINGS HAVE DIFRENT SLOTS THEY GO IN TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF FORCE ON OPENING AND CLOSSING .

Trunk lid springs are adjustable, look at the end of the springs there are 3 to 4 adjusting slots on each side. The tension on the springs can be adjusted by moving the end of the spring to another slot.