Hey there all.
Does anyone know how much the hood shocks costs? the shocks that hold the hood up while u do ur oil check and stuff like that. does anyone know where i can find best prices for it ? thx

 

i think you can get those at any auto store, i would think they would be the cheapest there, or get them from the dealer.

 

they are called "Hood Struts", right ?

 

They're called "hood lifts" and I need some http://www.partsamerica.com/PartDeta...artNumber=4524

 

www.nissanparts.cc has the best price. About $160 for the pair plus $16 for shipping. These are Nissan parts.

 

thanks, autozone is selling them for 20 bux each, worth paying $176 to nissan just cuz its made by nissan ?

 

Autozone ones will do the job fine.

 

No, as both the OEM and Strong Arm replacements have the same OEM. So, you can get the $20 ones with a lifetime warranty (that you will return every 2 years or so) and get free replacements when they wear out or keep blindly paying Nissan many mnore times that and no warranty,


I paid $35 total for Strong Arm replacments in 2001 and replaced them this year for free.

The problem is Nissan's specs for these struts are VERY inadequate. So, Strong Arm/Mighty Arm type replacements are only adhering to the same spec, so they are all doomed to fail sooner rather than later. This is why you go aftermarket and get a lifetime replacement set rather than visiting a dealer to be reamed every couple of years.


Yet another in the line of cost cutting measures undertaken when the 4th gens were made.

 

i saw some NISMO hood lifts on a Max one time. the hood was almost vertical! the lifts looked pretty nice. I don't know about the price though.

 

Where did you get yours from? I want to buy it locally in Chicago, but PartsAmerica doesn't have a store around Chicago Need to find StrongArms somewhere around here so I can pay cash and get them replaced right away when they get worn out and not pay for shipping

 

Mighty-Lift Hood 19.99

 

yeah if you get the aftermarket ones make sure they have a gurantee..I have heard of them lasting anywhere from 6-18 months...

 

go to autozone, and get the strong arms, mine are fine after a year.

my dealer wanted 200 for the pair.

good luck

 

AutoZone don't have StrongArms, they have Mighty-Lift and I heard those suck since they get worn out in like 6-12 months.

 

Man my aftermarket ones failed in about 4 months. They suck so I have just been using a baseball bat until I go and get new ones under warranty. I'd put in an arm like other cars have to save yourself some trouble.

 

Advance Auto Parts in my area stock the 4524 ones. As is already covered in the FAQ sticky thread, the 4524 may be ordered through partsamerica.com, though you will have to ship your "dead" ones back once they've worn out (and they will, unfortunately).

 

I put a mag bra on my car and the stock "Hood Struts" or "hood lifts" arnt stong enough.

does anyone know of a cheap but "stong" replacment that will be able to hold up the extra weight?

Its not that much more, with the stock ones i can get the hood up, but if the car wiggles a bit while i am under the hood i get clucked on the back of the head LOL

And how do i go about removing the stock ones?

 

Like I've stated time and time again, replacements are OEM'd to the same specs as Nissan's. Since Nissan was brilliant enough to "cheapen" the actual load its struts could handle on the 4th gens, no known replacement is going to hold up over a long term. That's why you go to a store that sells the aftermarket ones such as the 4524 with a lifetime warranty so you won't have to financially worry about it.