Hood Struts

[Silk]

I am replacing the hood struts in my 1996 ls400 for the third time. This seems rather frequent to me. Has anyone experienced this frequency?

[flotsam]

Nope!

Only you!

[obergc]

Don't know if you gentlemen have access to an Autozone store in the UK or not, but if you do, you can buy struts that will fit the LS400 very cheap that come with a lifetime warranty. You have to do a little work to remove the fittings off your worn out struts but it is an easy job. Instructions can be found here.

http://www.cureline.net/lex/howtos/howto_h...hood_shocks.htm

[WhiteUCF20RedAE102]

Mine were fit for the rubbish heap in 3 years (40,000 miles). The car will be 8 years old in April and currently has 92,000 miles, and I still haven't replaced them. Not an important problem, at least, nothing an old broom handle can't fix! :winky: However, that link is something worth looking into. I never explored it much because it didn't matter to me.

Now, I need to go find the springs that held my '77 Corona's bonnet up... it was a much better idea, and still held the hood up after 25 years.