i want to do away with the trunk "sway bars" or whatever they are called. im getting ready to put a sub box in and i want to get those guys out of the way. i want to put to cylinder acuators to open the trunk, much like the hood of the car uses.

any suggestions would be appreciated and where i could get a hold of the acuators.

thanks
Tmax

 

dakota digital makes good linear actuators. are you from houston?

 

ya a lil outside, in Baytown, im in beaumont now goin to college. so they are linear actuators or are they shocks. cuz i was talkin to my roomate and he wanted to call them shocks. and with the acuators/shocks will due away with the 2 stabilizers bars correct?

 

are you talkin about pop trunk, or do you just want it to lift up?

its been awhile since i looked at the trunk set-up (my max is in the shop), but iirc you're talking about the tension rods that go from side to side right? if so, the answer is yes?

 

i dont want a pop trunk just need the shocks to lift the trunk up, ya the tension rods i wanted to say sway bars lol, the reason y i want them gone is cuz i wanna put my amps on top of the box so i need that lil more head room. just giving u some info

 

it should work the same with some aftermarket hood struts if you can find a suitable size. i would go ahead and put actuators since you have to build brackets anyways and you already have power running to the trunk. fyi mounting amps to boxes isnt a great idea.

 

struts ... I believe is the poper term ... but we all know what we are talkin about here.

One of the members here has done this ... and it looked GOOD! I would also like to do this ... the tension rods are always in the way of anything I want to fit on top of my sub box. I am planning (when I get TIME) to pull the rods and replace them with 2 struts (1 per side) to hold the lid open. Not going to have it "pop" up .. just hold the lid up so it doesn't fall on my head.

 

im glad yal know what im talkin about lol

so where do u go about getting these? and do u know have any idea on how much they run?

 

any parts store will have them .... plan on around $20 - 30 total. If by chance you buy the ones for the hood (replacements) and they come with the little ***** ... that hook into the fender / hood - I'll buy them from you in a heart beat!

I am planning on measuring how long I'll need them (depends on where you mount them) and then just going and finding something close at Orielly or Auto Zone. I bought replacements for my hood ... can NOT get the ball off the stock strut so ... I still use my "chunkOwood" in the mean time. lol

You may have to do a bit of "American engineering" to get it all done, but it is way doable. Cheers!

 

kool so ur not sure on the size i need? i guess i need to just look at it a lil more and take some measurements. need to go buy a tape measure. dont have many tools here at school lol. and the engineering thing i got it covered lol im studing to be a EE and my roomate is a Mechanical, and my other friends are some type of engineer lol so i think we will be able to get it done. and once i do it will put pics up.

thanks for the help Cheers!

 

I have more detailed pcs if needed.

 

sweet man. may i ask where u got the struts and deminsions?

 

I'll take measurements and more detailed pics when I get home.

 

thanks man

 

2AZN2DMAX - THANK YOU!

That is the pic I was looking for. In fact, I started another thread (that can be canned) asking for just this picture. That looks clean! We should get a mod (KEVLO) to sticky this maybe.

 

That trunk strut install is sweet. clean. tight. sick. etc.

Did your replacement struts not come with *****? Strange.

Not sure which struts you bought for your hood. I replaced mine with the brand carried by AutoZone (might-lift? something like that), and I thought at first that the struts would pop-off of the ***** mounted on the hood and fender. After some pushing and pounding I realized that the ball is integral to the stock struts, and you have to unscrew them from the hood/fender and use the ***** that came with the new strut.

Heh heh, I said *****.

 

well ... I got my struts from Orielly auto .... and no *****! (well .. I am a guy and I have a set, but not an additional set for the hood too) lol I have tried beating and smacking and pounding the crap outta the OEM ones ... to no avail. Oh well ... guess it's wood above ***** in this case! HA thhheheheheheeh

 

subscribed.....

 

This needs to be added in the stickies. I forsee other people asking this.

^^also^^

 

Can we get a STICKY here ..... or what!?!?!? lol

 

might wanna make the one where u asked for the picture be the sticky sort of had more info or we could combine them

 

how do you mount the struts to the back of the trunk? just screw through the firewall?? seems flimsy

 

Here is the write-up that I have. I just made a new thread because there are multiple threads out there about this. Hope you like.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=541130

 

Does the trunk pop open fully when using the remote/interior button? Just curious because my CF trunk flies open to the point where it will probably break off with the springs in there so I just removed them.

 

No my set-up is set to not pop all the way open when you pop the trunk. It could though if you mounted the strut lower on the back wall. Also if you are worried about that you can just do one strut instead of two.

 

if you have a chance can you take measurements (mouting point to point) compressed and extended. looks too easy. might have to pop trunk on em.

*edit* nm. i did not know yours didn't open completely.