I definitely wanted the electric nose lift, so I puchased Jack Wilhelmson's system. I included the replacement MKNG6A bearing, and the auto-extension system. I could probably have built the auto-extension unit myself, but I can spend that time on better things.
Step 1 - Reinforcing Glass Strut
2006-01-12 (2 hours):
This step probably didn't need to take as long as it did, but I wanted to clearly understand what was going on. I have Jack Wilhelmson's nose lift and thus have two sets of directions to read and follow.
Otherwise the work was simple - cut the strut to length, sand it down in some spots, and glass it. At least, it was simple because I have an oscillating spindle sander, which made quick work of sanding down the attach areas to make sure the brackets would all fit. Without this tool this would have been a painful step.
2006-01-13 (1.5 hours):
The other half - laying the BID on the front face. Easy as pie now that I know what I'm doing. The only awkward thing is figuring out a way to set the strut up on your bench so you can DO the layup. I rested mine on some narrow sticks. It makes stippling the layup an annoying job, but I didn't want to bondo or 5-minute the strut down. Not for this little layup, anyway.