Small bump - Bonnet popped... Advise please

[crazzie]

Hi All,

Hoping someone could give me some advise. In Europe we have regulations requiring fitment of a pedestrian safety device which pops the hood in the event of a perceived crash.

Last night I came around a roundabout and the back wheels slipped out on some diesel on the road causing me to curb the left front wheel (minor damage to alloy). This occurred @ about 20mph ~.

With this something more annoying happened... The bonnet popped up by firing off the actuators. As I understand it they are one time use and will need to be replaced. I would like to drive the car while I wait for these to be fitted as there is nothing else wrong with it so the question is...

Is it possible to remove these actuators by myself (I am fairly handy)? I don't quite see how you can get them to go down again so I guess they need to be removed. Any advise ? Anyone deal with this before ?

Any input appreciated !