My trunk torsion bar is broken.. I'm tired of holding it up. I See there is a write up for 4th gen to put a strut. I wanted to know if anyone ever tried it on a 5th gen???

 

ive got 4 of these from my maxima's (had to remove them for stereo) two from a 2002 with spoiler, and two from a 2001 with spoiler.

not sure how to ship other than wrap in bubblewrap and ship them, but its yours for $15 plus shipping (can probably send you a pair)

matthew

 

Thanks matthew.. But i really would like to put a strut.

 

no one ever put the strut in the trunk of a 5th gen????

 

i have, but mine arent working properly, i installed them wrong and the trunk only opens about 60%, one day ill fix it, but for now my subs are installed and i dont feel like welding around with a wooden box in the car.

matthew

 

previous owner of my 98 Maxima installed strut so I can pop my trunk and ambush with the best now....LOL!!!!!!

 

I dont think it would be that hard... I've been debating this as well, last year my sub litterally shook my torsion bar loose and in doing so I can't get it back on poperly because the TAB that the bar slips into bent and I cant get it back into place.

After staring at it for about fourty minutes one day I think I've come up with a way to do it, only problem is I would need to figure out how much force I would need from the strut to push the trunk up.

My idea is to attach a strut to the "bottom" of the trunk bracket and afix the strut to the top underside of the rear deck. I have some ideas written down just not really willing to divulge them yet. I am pretty sure I would need a 25-30 lb strut, just trying to source one locally and the length i need.