Pistons that keep your hood up

D_Train · 07-03-2007, 12:45 PM

What are those called? Where can I get them and how Do i know what to buy? should I just take the old ones into an auto-parts store and tell them to match it up?

f00g00 · 07-03-2007, 04:24 PM

They are support cylinders but are just struts filled with nitrogen that notoriously leak, they won't be cheap either. The dealer here wants around 80 dollars a piece for them, so I have a nice metal rod I found to prop it up after I left my broomstick at the mechanics.

D_Train · 07-03-2007, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by f00g00

They are support cylinders but are just struts filled with nitrogen that notoriously leak, they won't be cheap either. The dealer here wants around 80 dollars a piece for them, so I have a nice metal rod I found to prop it up after I left my broomstick at the mechanics.

You can't find them ANYWHERE else?!

I hate the stealership :-(

edit: Thanks to your terminology i found this:
http://replacement.autopartswarehous...Strut&dp=false

f00g00 · 07-03-2007, 04:37 PM

I should order some, the rod and broomstick trick are getting old and that price seems pretty good.

D_Train · 07-03-2007, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by f00g00

I should order some, the rod and broomstick trick are getting old and that price seems pretty good.

Even CHEAPER at toyota parts store and free shipping over $50

IHateHacks · 07-03-2007, 08:43 PM

Any discount auto store sells them, but don't expect them to be in stock. They are called hood struts. $20 each, I just replaced mine a couple months ago.

supramacist · 07-03-2007, 09:17 PM

I bought a set of these from horse power freaks for under 40 bucks.

I have always called them hood struts till parts guys started asking me what they were and correcting me.

I attribute it to long hours alone with a car in the garage. You start to speak in slang or some shit.

plaaya69 · 07-04-2007, 05:52 AM

Check out my thread for some NEW Hood Struts.

http://www.toyota-supra.info/forums/...6942#post46942

Thanks.

07-03-2007, 12:45 PM	#1
D_Train 3" Exhaust Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 214	Pistons that keep your hood up What are those called? Where can I get them and how Do i know what to buy? should I just take the old ones into an auto-parts store and tell them to match it up?

07-04-2007, 05:52 AM	#8
plaaya69 12psi boost Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Waukegan, IL Posts: 255	Check Out My Thread Check out my thread for some NEW Hood Struts. http://www.toyota-supra.info/forums/...6942#post46942 Thanks. __________________ 1987 Toyota Supra Turbo-burgundy exterior w/gray interior+1987 Toyota Supra(N/A) light brown top,dark brown bottom w/light brown interior.

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f00g00 12psi boost Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kuwait Posts: 292	They are support cylinders but are just struts filled with nitrogen that notoriously leak, they won't be cheap either. The dealer here wants around 80 dollars a piece for them, so I have a nice metal rod I found to prop it up after I left my broomstick at the mechanics.

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f00g00 12psi boost Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kuwait Posts: 292	I should order some, the rod and broomstick trick are getting old and that price seems pretty good.

07-03-2007, 08:43 PM	#6
IHateHacks 20psi boost Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Haven/Hamden Posts: 793	Any discount auto store sells them, but don't expect them to be in stock. They are called hood struts. $20 each, I just replaced mine a couple months ago.

07-03-2007, 09:17 PM	#7
supramacist 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Escape from the Prison Planet Posts: 1,356	I bought a set of these from horse power freaks for under 40 bucks. I have always called them hood struts till parts guys started asking me what they were and correcting me. I attribute it to long hours alone with a car in the garage. You start to speak in slang or some shit.