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      03-03-2019, 10:24 AM   #88
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Originally Posted by strokemycocktus View Post
I think I'd rather pay more at the dealer for the correct struts than have the hood rocketed up everytime I open it and need to slam it shut everytime I close it. I can already see how gentle they are with it at the workshops then.
I had the 3 Series struts for about a week before I tossed them and got the correct M3 ones.

The amount of force it took to close the hood was clearly going to warp the hood over a long period of time.

Remember the hood is aluminum, not steel.
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