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04-18-2019, 09:30 PM | #1 |
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New hood and hardware, strut question
Had to replace the hood due to damage. Shop says there was a change in part numbers or a redesign of the hood hardware etc so all is new. Now hood barely stays up when open. Checked struts are 200 N which is supposed to be right for the weight of the aluminum hood. What to do? Get the 300 struts for the steel hood? Frustrated
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04-18-2019, 10:05 PM | #3 |
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OEM M3 hood is not steel, if you got steel, you will need the higher pressure struts of the reg e9x. Be careful because many websites incorrectly identify the struts and send you the wrong ones.
Read here: https://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1425850 https://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1417529 |
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04-19-2019, 11:27 AM | #5 |
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Went ahead and ordered new ones from the Amazon link that M43S7RO posted-
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Will see if they work better. Maybe the shop just re-used my old struts who knows. Thanks guys
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The ones I bought are for an aluminum hood, as long as yours is aluminum, you should be good to go. Double check the part number when you receive it to be sure it matches before putting them in. The ones you ordered are the same as I got.
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