I bought the car used so they were dead, I bought it in 2000 and the car is a 95. I replaced them with strong arm brand hood struts and they were dead a year later. now I carry an aluminum pipe to hold the hood up.

 

I used to use a brooom I cut to hold up my hood, but hood struts @ Advanced $40 for both still running good for me about a year later

 

When mine goes, I'm going to modify a prop-rod in place of the hood struts so I wouldn't have to deal with them.

 

small channel lock wrench, Im on my 2nd set! Try mounting them upside down like the 5th gens. That is what im gonna try next time

 

132k and still holding!

 

Damn, i bought them mighty mights and they F-ing suck. I mean i bought them last year. It hold for a few min and slowly goes down.

 

Mine never worked, vice grip for life.

 

Mine work every summer.... vice grip during winter.

 

120K still working. Although I just noticed that a strong wind would drop them down. I hope I dont have to replace them.

 

7years.............

 

2 days.... I LOVE the maxima hood struts! Caused me plenty of headaches getting hit in the head with hood!

 

mine still holding strong.

 

About 9 years and 144k and still holding strong, no probs here.

 

Mine lasted untill about 100,000 and then they kicked the bucket

 

i went through 2 after 107K miles, 2nd set was used tho

 

8 years and 95k... still strong... although they have started to squeek when lowring the hood...

 

126k and i think that iam still on the original struts but i dont know. They are holding up great if so. A nice wind will blow my hood down tho.

 

Mine lasted for 100K, now they don't work at all.
But now I'm getting a carbon fiber hood and since it like 3 times as light, they should keep it up.

 

My hood struts on my '95 Maxima started wearing down last November, so little over 10 years. I never got around to replacing them until yesterday, as a matter of fact.

 

The hood struts on my 97 went at only 49k miles. Had them replaced at the dealer -- way too expensive. Next time I'll buy vice grips.

 

They went about two years ago after about 8 years. I replaced with new ones a year ago.

 

mine just went bad this winter, I thought they would start working again when summer came cause HEAT+METAL=EXPANSION...they are just bad, so now I use a drum stick to help hold it up.

 

You get what you pay for. My 00 is running on originals and they are awesome and strong. My 97 last year, when I bought it, had busted ones so I bought the crappy ones from autozone. At first they were fine, but they are weakening to the point where they only just hold up the hood now. OEM are certainly better, but I will just buy a vice grib when these die.

 

Mine lasted eight years. Replaced them for $40.

~THT

 

Mine lasted until 2001. Now I'm a broomstick man - much more sturdy than the struts, especially on a windy day.

Dave

 

Ghetto hood props for life!! I use one of my stock springs, I set it on the top strut tower and slowly close the hood til it rests on the hood pad material.

 

Just replaced mine yesterday with Advance Auto $20.00 a piece ones. The factory ones on it have lasted about 5yrs, 140K.

 

I guessed I was the only one. Both of mine dead long ago. I wanted to replace it but it costs about $100 from Nissan, so Forget about it.

 

over 120K, hood struts are starting to give way a bit

 

hood struts? whats that? lol i use my head

 

We can tell you do.

 

Replaced mine with Strong Arms in Dec 2003 and still working fine, but they don't work in cold weather

Lifetime warranty

 

Mine went out after like 10 years last month, shelled out 50 bucks for a pair of might lifts. Working great now.

 

lol wow didnt think you guys would notice

 

Mine went out....yesterday. 112K miles on my '99.

 

Just replaced mine today so mine lasted about 164000 miles.

 

Something must happen to the struts in the winter...here in CO mine will slowly fall or just come crashing down during 40 degree weather and the next day in the 50's it will stay up even on hills....

 

... shoulda just did it yourself...very easy

 

Mine just went out a few weekends ago, ~140k on the clock. Just received new ones from rockauto.com for about $35 shipped.

drew

 

Just replaced my struts today. 1989 originals with 129k... i guess 21 years is ok.