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Old 04-13-2008, 04:55 PM
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Hood Struts....

Well, my hood struts are shot... I am probably going to just let them be for as long as possible, but I wanted to atleast get an idea of what my options are for replacement...

Anyone know where to get some new ones and about how much I'd be looking at to replace them?

Anyone know if the ones that alot of the WRX guys use (I think they are Tein hood struts) will work with the SVX??

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Where would you find such directions? I would suggest the How-To Documents! There is a good write up on after market hood struts and how to mount them located here. Good luck.
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nice How 2's except...

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Where would you find such directions? I would suggest the How-To Documents! There is a good write up on after market hood struts and how to mount them located here. Good luck.
the link is to software for financial institutions http://www.napa.com/

should possibly be changed? to http://www.napaonline.com/

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the link is to software for financial institutions http://www.napa.com/

should possibly be changed? to http://www.napaonline.com/

Just a thought
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I am not sure how you ended up there, but the link is to a pdf file.
The address is: http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/files/How-To/41041.pdf

When you put the cursor over the link, look in the lower left side of your page to see what the link is.
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Where would you find such directions? I would suggest the How-To Documents! There is a good write up on after market hood struts and how to mount them located here. Good luck.
I think you mean a BAD write up there. I found no useful info there. no part numbers worked etc...
nothing useful at all.

I honestly think that it should be deleted. It was just a waste of my time trying to follow it, and led me to find my own road in strut replacement via McMastercarr.com.
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I am not sure how you ended up there, but the link is to a pdf file.
The address is: http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/files/How-To/41041.pdf

When you put the cursor over the link, look in the lower left side of your page to see what the link is.
I was referring to the link to the NAPA web page to get the part that is in the PDF file
the link you put on for the how 2 worked like a dream!!
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I took a quick look at the infromation...

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I think you mean a BAD write up there. I found no useful info there. no part numbers worked etc...
nothing useful at all.

I honestly think that it should be deleted. It was just a waste of my time trying to follow it, and led me to find my own road in strut replacement via McMastercarr.com.
and it will work like a dream!
But I keep forgetting... I am one of the YourConfused folks!

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I think you mean a BAD write up there. I found no useful info there. no part numbers worked etc...
nothing useful at all.

I honestly think that it should be deleted. It was just a waste of my time trying to follow it, and led me to find my own road in strut replacement via McMastercarr.com.
Well, when you write up a How-To Document on making struts that is better, send it to me and I will replace it with yours. Thanks for your help.
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If nothing else, do NOT use 120 lb. struts! They're far too strong for the task. I've found much success with the 90 lb. ones that I'm using right now.

<Here> is what I did.

If you are interested in the hardware to do the job, let me know?
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...or you could always just buy new struts from Subaru. (Yes, they are expensive.)

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If nothing else, do NOT use 120 lb. struts! They're far too strong for the task. I've found much success with the 90 lb. ones that I'm using right now.

<Here> is what I did.

If you are interested in the hardware to do the job, let me know?
I used the struts recommended by LetItSnow for my hood, and they worked excellent....
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Check out my updated post on the hood strut modification/ installation HERE

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If nothing else, do NOT use 120 lb. struts! They're far too strong for the task. I've found much success with the 90 lb. ones that I'm using right now.

<Here> is what I did.

If you are interested in the hardware to do the job, let me know?
Might just be interested in the hardware... I like it when I have to do as little work as possible. I remember when I was always working on my SVX a few years ago... Now all my time goes into school ... Hopefully one day in the future I will have the time to just wrench on the car for a whole weekend...

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...or you could always just buy new struts from Subaru. (Yes, they are expensive.)

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What exactly would constitute as "Expensive"??

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Check out my updated post on the hood strut modification/ installation HERE

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I'll have to read this when I get back from class in a few hours... Thanks for the posts guys!!

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What exactly would constitute as "Expensive"??
I think I paid something like $45 each plus shipping for trunk struts from Subaruparts.com 3+ years ago, and hood struts cost about twice as much as trunk struts.

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