Hood shock/strut fix (The Mother thread)
03-03-10, 08:29 AM
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04-24-10, 05:27 PM
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Hood struts installed!
Folks,installed my new hood struts from eBay. $42. Piece of cake! Took 20 minutes and 5 of that was finding a piece of wood the right size to hold the hood open. Tried to make my buddy who has an RX330 feel foolish for spending over $200 at the Lexus dealer but he won;t admit that!
Thanks for steering me there
Chip
Thanks for steering me there
Chip
04-25-10, 05:36 AM
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I just put a set on my '96 a couple weeks ago. Got them from this auction: http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=PAI...1&_from=&_ipg=
They work perfectly. They are definitely (much) stronger than the worn-out ones I had on before. However, they are not too strong. As I was putting them on, I tested -- a single new shock will not hold the hood up by itself, so I'm pretty comfortable that there isn't a risk. I still put the hood down carefully, though. And watch when you open the hood, the new struts will put it up pretty quickly and make it rattle.
They work perfectly. They are definitely (much) stronger than the worn-out ones I had on before. However, they are not too strong. As I was putting them on, I tested -- a single new shock will not hold the hood up by itself, so I'm pretty comfortable that there isn't a risk. I still put the hood down carefully, though. And watch when you open the hood, the new struts will put it up pretty quickly and make it rattle.
09-11-10, 11:10 AM
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I just replaced mine a few minutes ago with a pair of Strong Arm hood lifts from the local Advance Auto Parts. They were incredibly easy to install, about as easy as changing your wiper blades. They went for $70 for the pair and I had them in my hands in one day. A little more expensive than the eBay ones, but I'm not complaining at all.
So far they seem to work very well. They are very strong, but I can push the hood down to close it without too much effort. My old ones were 18 years old before they failed, so I can't really say if these are stronger or weaker than the OEM ones. At $300 a pair for OEM though, I really don't care to find out if there's a difference.
So far they seem to work very well. They are very strong, but I can push the hood down to close it without too much effort. My old ones were 18 years old before they failed, so I can't really say if these are stronger or weaker than the OEM ones. At $300 a pair for OEM though, I really don't care to find out if there's a difference.
01-03-11, 04:46 PM
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sorry to bring up old thread, but my hood struts are out on the ls4 i just bought. originally i was just gonna get a clamp for 15$ and call it a day, but after finding this thread and seeing good things about the ebay struts. just wanted to make sure are these it?
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01-04-11, 08:29 AM
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I have searched and read the posts about the struts being quite strong at first but will relax after awhile. I didn't want to break the hood trying to close it. For those who did the how-to, did you have any problems closing the struts at first? I'm a 160lb guy and used a lot of force to test out the struts. I don't think the hood requires that much force. This was just for 1 strut while the original unit is still on the hood.
Thank you in advance.
Thank you in advance.
