Finn

Michael,

out of curiosity did you perhaps note any brand on these struts? I need to get new struts in the near future.

LScowboyLS

None of the major brands, Sachs, Strong Arm, Mighty Lift, etc. will bend the hood if installed properly, I have installed hundreds of these!

Michael

Do a search of following and find the Parts Avenue vendor product. You can choose to go with other brand that is mentioned in this thread but the brand worked for me:

hood strut 93 ls400 lexus

Finn

Part Avenue website seems to be closed or something.

Anyway, can anyone of you guys see from your old or new struts what their force rating might be?

aomdedude1

Just ordered mine. Cannot wait to have a hood that does not slam me in the head randomly while I'm working on the car!

I can finally get rid of that furring strip I use as a hood prop!!

I ordered . The price for me was $27.88 after using my Discover card cash back points!

Really cannot beat that.

aomdedude1

I got them in this past weekend. Amazon shipping was very fast. They work PERFECT. No hood bending and after you use a wrench to put the new ball mounts on, they snap right in.

It's great having a hood that doesn't hit you in the face.

LScowboyLS

that is the very first part I replace when I buy a used car! - that way I can work on the car and fix the other problems!

k7q

iTrader: (37)

i ghetto rigged mines for the time being since i spent some money on some swift coilover springs. drill a hole in the old shock then put a bolt threw it.

Finn

I will answer to myself.

We got a set of struts that had suitable length and winged the force rating. We then made adapters which allowed the new struts to be attached to original points. Cost was one third of what the originals cost here.

With 500 Newtons each strut the bonnet stays now up with ease - which is nice.

winter4w

So today when I was checking my brake fluid and noticed this liquid spraying from the hood strut. Shortly after the hood began to go down. I replaced the struts soon after I bought the car because the original ones were also blown out (That was about two years ago). I am wondering what is the part number for the OEM ones since the aftermarket ones did not last long at all?

Thanks

billydpowe

iTrader: (1)

dont you know year models are different...? a pair off ebay is 15.00 oem 120.

Banshee365

You want SG229032 by Sachs off RockAuto. They're like $11.32 each or something. Sachs Stabilus is the OEM for many manufacturers.

​​​​​​​Don't bother with anything else.

dicer

The price you pay for them at the dealer you can buy a many year supply of the cheap ones. Not all parts need to be from the dealer to be good. If its an NOS meaning New Old Stock they are good, but sitting on the shelf for years for some parts is not a good thing and they may fail fast. If the parts at the dealer are brand new, then you could be getting the same old made in china junk you can get anyother place. Oh and china could rival anyone in making good stuff, they choose not to do so, and treat the workers bad, so they are then making junk.

winter4w

Yea my car year and model should be in my bio. The ones I have are off eBay and did not last that long lol. That also seems overpriced from the dealer

Awesome thanks I have placed an order

Ahh, I see. I guess I should have said OEM quality or something reliable. Thanks

PureDrifter

iTrader: (10)

Include the year of your car in question in your posts, nobody's going to go hunting for that when you should have put it alongside your initial inquiry.