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Old 04-29-2004, 08:12 PM
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Trunk strut function?

I have an 92 SVX. The trunk slams shut in spite of the trunk struts. How should a properly operating trunk strut function? Should the trunk go down slowly? Could a hand still be broken if the trunk struts, while operating normally, allow the trunk hatch to slam shut?

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Old 04-29-2004, 08:36 PM
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Do you mean could it slam shut from a half-open position, or are you asking if it could slam shut from the fully open position? If the former, I'm pretty sure that mine will fall closed from a half-open position, but I doubt very much it would break my hand.

People tend to call the trunk lid very heavy, but I disagree. It's just hinged in a very complicated way that makes it feel heavy.

I don't know how those struts are supposed to work. They seem to hold my trunk lid in the open position, but when I pull the trunk lever it doesn't come flying open or anything.
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Old 04-29-2004, 08:39 PM
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It's been discussed at least once before. I think the consensus is the struts were designed for a trunk with no spoiler (the spoiler being a US add-on). So, while I'm not sure it would break a hand, it certainly shuts with some force if left to just drop.

you could test your struts by taking them loose, one at a time and see if they extend by themselves, etc.
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Old 04-29-2004, 09:03 PM
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It's been discussed at least once before. I think the consensus is the struts were designed for a trunk with no spoiler (the spoiler being a US add-on).
I don't remember that thread, but it doesn't make sense to me anyway. Factory spoilers were available in Japan, right?
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Old 04-29-2004, 09:09 PM
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Yeah, it does take some effort to work the trunk... Not to hijack, but does the spoiler have a purpose? I mean, I read somehwere that it provides downforce but it's not really shaped well to provide lots of downforce. Perhaps it's just an asthetic addition.
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Old 04-29-2004, 09:19 PM
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I don't remember that thread, but it doesn't make sense to me anyway. Factory spoilers were available in Japan, right?
here's the thread that I remembered, but it doesn't come across as strongly as I remembered either

http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/show...&threadid=9866
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Old 04-30-2004, 07:06 AM
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I recently installed new trunk struts on my car, which has no spoiler. Before, the trunk lid would stay up if opened fully, but it surely would have broken a hand (or just about anything else) if released and allowed to slam, because it was an absolute free-fall. The new struts will open the lid fully from a position of roughly half-way, and I have to pull it down completely to latch.


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I recently installed new trunk struts on my car, which has no spoiler. Before, the trunk lid would stay up if opened fully, but it surely would have broken a hand (or just about anything else) if released and allowed to slam, because it was an absolute free-fall. The new struts will open the lid fully from a position of roughly half-way, and I have to pull it down completely to latch.


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Then mine are about halfway between your old ones and your new ones.
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Thanks for replys. My struts are therefore shot!!!
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