Being on budget is it feasible to fix just 1 hoodstrut? Also, is there a way to test if one strut is better than the other (rate at which they expand open or something like that?) and therefore replace just one?

Any tips are great,
-TGIF

 

you can just fix one but it is a waste of money. they will go out in a few months.

 

i got mine off ebay for under $20

 

Advanced Auto, $20/each.

 

And they have a lifetime warranty. I just replaced mine and it turned out they were the same ones. Got a warranty on them = no cost.

 

Advanced Auto, Autozone, ABC all carry replacement hood struts. For $20 for a pair and the 15 minutes it takes to replace them this isn't really a job you should skimp out on.

 

40 bucks pust tax sucks..

 

How often are you opening and closing your hood might I ask? I bet i do it about everything 3K-5k miles... ?

 

Every day ...The joys of having a supercharger

Stick with the Nissan OEM Hood Struts

-matt

 

hood struts are a waste of money..just cut a broom stick to size and use that

 

I bought mine at http://www.rockauto.com/ about 30$ a pair(shipped), my hood spring up now
Somehow their i30 and maxima hood supports are different in price, but heres the cheap one:
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,ca...EPIsubcategory[835],Hood%2BLift%2BStrut,partGroup,12

 

yesterday when i was putting my lugnuts back, the hood slammed on my fingers because of old hood struts....that HURT...i got them back by beating them out with a hammer and then crushing them (true story)...
Just gonna use some stick to hold the hood up, seems a lot safer.

 

i take it the hood struts go out fairly often? i've been using a stick as long as i've had the car.

 

heh its woulda been easy if they put the stud on the strut for me but they didn't so i had to pry the little lockring out 4x, force it over the little balljoint, then get it to go in(took around 30mins for the set.. the last lockring was hard as hell)

but installation of the strut is easy other than that the hood is hella heavy

 

get the cool tein hood dampers

 

the nice thign about Advanced Auto hood struts is thaty have a free lifetime replacment warenty, mine went out after 2 years and I took them in , got new ones now im good for another 2 years YA!

 

Is it hard to change the hood struts? Mine are close to being toast as well... I was changing light bulbs today and praying it wouldn't slam...

 

the stock ones i think you need a wrench, not hard jsut takes a little

my aftermarket ones just pop right on and off takes 20 seconds flat

 

Instead of a Broomstick you can use a pair of Vicegrips on one strut. Clamp on the shiney metal shaft close enough to the top outer case.

 

i got myself a nice 2 by 4 cut it to the length I need and Im done!

 

i got myself a nice 2 by 4 cut it to the length I need and Im done!

 

really?? dang...i jus bought mine off of ebay a while back..well..next time i'll keep that in mind.
oh, how does it work? do you have to keep the receipt of the original purchase or do they have their own brand that they know of?

 

i think that they get your phone number and reference your warranty from saving the trans info.

 

yeah they keep youre info in there computer
juat hang onto the little sleves they come in~!

 

I am using ViceGrips also. Saw someone in the ghetto doing it. Works pretty well. Did have a 2x4 holding it up, but the friend i borrowed it from took it back from me>JeRK...So spent 3 dollars at AutoZone for the ViceGrips. THey are also nice to have around too....Good to hear that Advance has them for $20..and a lifetime warrenty...sweet to know if i ever decide to change them out.