Got a bargin on a pair of new hood struts, but they didn't come with the captive bolt that you attach it to the car with.. The captive bolt is a ball joint style, I can't manage to pop the old strut off the bolt.. Anyone replaced theres lately??

Hood struts + no bolts=plank of wood to hold hood up

 

Didn't come with required equip.? Can you get other kinds of free stuff?!

 

yeah man i had the exact same problem....let me jus tell you there is no way to get the bolt out because of a little ring inside of the socket that holds it in. What i did was cut the old struts in half around the socket(so the screw jus fell out)
As much of a bicth they are to get out they go in real easy!

 

Cheers MSmax96 that great just what I wanted to hear, its Dremel time

 

They weren't free but practically, normally $180 each, got them for $50 a pair

 

eh 50 bucks to make my hood stay up when working on the engine...

 

Who the hell charges that much for hoodstruts?

 

Man I am still using my vicegrip. Someday I will get new ones . Sometimes they work... if it's near 90 degrees.

 

Advance auto sells them for 19.99 a piece!!!! Granted they may not last as long.... Not really sure about that yet

 

A dealership near where I live is charging $259+tax for the hood struts and installation. Is that too much?

 

Not if the bank tells you to get rid of some money because their vault is full. Geez!!! $259?!? If you lived close, I would change them for a tank of gas. Try it yourself.

 

I know a guy who can get a great deal on the Brooklyn Bridge!
Hit me back if you're interested.

 

I got mine at Autozone for about 20 a piece, they work damn good, and were the easiest thing I have ever done. Got them done in 5 min.

 

I need to get new struts too for my hood, where can you get them? How much did you get them for?

 

What the?????? Go ahead and scroll up a tad. You'll find your answers.

 

Same here.

 

Seriously, do you want to pay 259 to make it so your hood stays up without propping it? Thats just getting rediculous

 

I think a trip to Autozone is in my future .

 

These are genuine Nissan parts .. and the best bit

Heh thats $NZ50 not US so only works out to $US36 for the 2 struts.

 

Where did you cut yours, I used the Dremel with a cutoff wheel it cuts the strut well enough but it doesn't lool like it wants to move in a hurry, and still 3 more to go .. I tried hacksaw useless compared with dremel.

 

Yea, Im definately taking a trip to Autozone sometime this week. Im not paying all that money.

 

which brand is the good brand for hoodstruts???

 

ok looking at ur pictures....let me jus clarify for you what i did. I cut cut a line(starting at the lip jus like you did) but i did not go all the way around, i only went about half way. Then i cut another line parrell to the first one(same length) then i cut a third line(so that the shape i cut was a U or a little box depending on how you look at at. From there i more or less pealed the rest of the socket away(that part is kinda hard to explain with out showing you). Like i said earlier the biggest problem is a little yellow ring inside the socket that holds the screw in. If you can damage the ring then its just a madder of playing around with it until the screw comes out.
Going off what you already did.....just cut the socket into pieces. From there you should have more room to work with and eventually jus pull the screw right out.
I wish i knew of an easier way to do this, but i dont, this is the way i did it

 

Thanks again mate ! I went to Nissan at lunchtime, the guys at the parts desk scratched their heads.. apparently the bolts come separately and would cost more than I paid for the struts (there ex-japan).. they didn't no how to remove either bar cutting as we've done.

 

Autozone hood struts suck in my experience. I'm on my second set in 2 years and they now allow the hood to close with a slight breeze. Apparently when I bought them, they had a LLT, but when I took the first set back, they said nope..no warranty.

I had my receipt (I keep receipts for alot of stuff), and yeah there isn't a warranty stated on the receipt. I convinced a manager to replace them free, instead of me buying NEW ones, and having to put the old ones in the new packaging and then returning them. Also, while I was at autozone the other day, a guy at the counter bought some hood struts, and the lady who was ringing them up said to him "we won't put these hood struts in the computer for the LLT, but keep the receipt...they are under warranty," I was thinking WTF! 2 stores nine months ago told me no warranty even with a crinkled old receipt. bah.

Anyway...from my random searching and reading, I remember the ones from Pep boys, seem to last long.

I usually like autozone, but their hood strut brands suck. When I get too angry again at my *hitty hood struts, I'll head over to Pep boys. The only thing that sucks about pep boys, is that you HAVE to keep yer receipt for warranty purposes.

 

Has anybody figured out a way to remove that ring from inside the ball ends? I just picked up new lifts from Advance Auto and I need to reuse the OEM bolts. Some way short of a Dremel?

 

My hood struts have failed as well. I assume this is just one of those part that wears out? I was looking at Autozone's website. Would you think they'd call this a "hood lift"?

 

Since it lift's the hood, thats a good guess
(yes)