Name for the hatch back shock thingies?
04-21-2003, 02:36 PM
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Name for the hatch back shock thingies?
Whar are the shock thingy's called that hold up the rear hatch back and the front hood? I am trying to do a search for them so I cam buy some new ones. TIA.
04-21-2003, 04:27 PM
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04-21-2003, 06:43 PM
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Originally posted by quickbiker
All I come up with is the front suspension struts. Oh well, I'll just use a stick till I find some. Just takes up cargo room. hahaha
All I come up with is the front suspension struts. Oh well, I'll just use a stick till I find some. Just takes up cargo room. hahaha
) so i imagine autozone or napa would too but for $74 ill keep the stick.
04-21-2003, 08:44 PM
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Bought mine from Discount Auto for 33.00 rear and 15.00 hood( price on each).....Can't beat that with a stick....Or you could but the broom handle looks so redneck!!! 
No offense Rippin....I know when money is tight!!!
I bought them about 2-3 years ago (before Advanced Auto took over) and they still shoot the hood and hatch up.
Later
No offense Rippin....I know when money is tight!!!I bought them about 2-3 years ago (before Advanced Auto took over) and they still shoot the hood and hatch up.
Later
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04-22-2003, 03:05 AM
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My tranny is auto... but my hood? hell, it's a STICK! LOL!
How did yalls struts go out? was it gradualy, or was it all at once?
Me? I just popped my hood one day, and it was very heavy, and wouldn't stay up... over night (literaly).
How did yalls struts go out? was it gradualy, or was it all at once?
Me? I just popped my hood one day, and it was very heavy, and wouldn't stay up... over night (literaly).
04-22-2003, 04:21 AM
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Dunno, I just got this thing. It's been sitting in a field since 92. I had to wack the rims off the rear hubs yesterday with a very large rubber mellet! And a list of other things I am working through. But it's only got 76k miles and runs like new!
Thanks all, I did find it under "lift support".
Thanks all, I did find it under "lift support".
04-22-2003, 07:22 PM
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Originally posted by Rippin92RS
i do the same thing lol. i know Advance Auto has em (37 bucks a piece! ) so i imagine autozone or napa would too but for $74 ill keep the stick.
i do the same thing lol. i know Advance Auto has em (37 bucks a piece!
) so i imagine autozone or napa would too but for $74 ill keep the stick.
Me Too! I replaced the ones to my hood several years back & about 6 months later same situation. Just remember to be careful when tinkering around under the hood, so as to not cause the hood to suddenly drop.
I saw a different way this morning at a mechanic shop, he had a pair of vice grips on the driver side strut locked tight & the hood was up.
04-23-2003, 02:55 PM
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