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Trunk fell on my back while grabbing groceries, normal?

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Old 03-13-11, 10:31 PM
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Default Trunk fell on my back while grabbing groceries, normal?

I looked around to see if anyone had similiar issues, but oddly my lexus gs400's trunk doesn't seem to stay up almost as if it has no struts or something to hold it from falling.

What holds the trunk up in the lexus? Anything that can wear down, and need to be replaced? Need to know since it's become a daily annoyance as of late
Old 03-14-11, 12:04 AM
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Sorry dude but i burst out laughing when i read the title, same thing happened to me when i was playing with my sub. I think its a common problem but not sure
Old 03-14-11, 12:06 AM
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It's pretty funny until your way down and it has the full swing force Okay for me, not for me older mom.

Any idea how to fix that/ I was thinking it's a blown strut but after some research I see no struts for sale so I'm guessing they don't have struts.
Old 03-14-11, 12:44 AM
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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...e-big-pic.html
Old 03-14-11, 01:38 AM
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lol change out your trunk shocks. Mine fell on my head last time, its effing painful man

oops i thought this was the sc section lol. Guess the gs doesnt have trunk shocks
Old 03-14-11, 07:07 AM
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There should be tension rods inside your trunk near where the sub should be. Try a different setting.
Old 03-14-11, 09:30 AM
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Never heard of this happening to a GS owner. I know it would happen all the time with SC owners.
Old 03-14-11, 11:32 AM
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Ah I see, thanks, I just did it and it's much better now

It was on the lowest tension even though my GS has a fairly heavy trunk spoiler so someone forgot to adjust it when they installed it.
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if u search next time there are like 10 threads on this
Old 03-14-11, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by vmirjamali
Trunk fell on my back while grabbing groceries
Your Lexus: NOM NOM NOM
Old 03-14-11, 11:57 AM
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Thank goodness you don't own a 1GS you may have lost your head.
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Originally Posted by sakataj
if u search next time there are like 10 threads on this
I used google to search club lexus with no luck before I posted.

Originally Posted by Debonair
Your Lexus: NOM NOM NOM
:| Maybe it's revenge for all the times I've handled it like a madman on hard corners.
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Originally Posted by vmirjamali
I used google to search club lexus with no luck before I posted.
try the search ON CL next time
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lmao this happened to me but i thought i was the only one. good thing you put this up now i know how to fix it
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Yero i can atest to that. My trunk struts are dead and one time my cousin went to open my trunk and man that **** hit his head so hard... son was in pain for 4 hours with a little cut on his head.. 1gs trunk are so fuking heavy
Originally Posted by 98GS400GUY
Thank goodness you don't own a 1GS you may have lost your head.


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