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Engine Hatch Struts SOS install?
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Re: Trunk Struts SOS install?
Needle nose plier & 12mm wrench, if you are replacing the ball stud also.
http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84437&highlight=replacing+trunk+strut
Needle nose plier & 12mm wrench, if you are replacing the ball stud also.
http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84437&highlight=replacing+trunk+strut
Re: Trunk Struts SOS install?
Thanks Slam! Not sure why I wrote trunk
I meant engine.
Thanks Slam! Not sure why I wrote trunk
I meant engine.
The engine hatch should be even easier. Just make sure someone is helping you hold the hatch up while you remove and install the strut. As I recall, the SOS struts have a higher travel; therefore, you will need to remove both old struts prior to installing the SOS struts.
I would have 2 people to do the job...be sure to protect the paint in case you (or your partner) drop the struts!!!
Jeff
Jeff
I recommend 3 people. One to hold the hatch, one to install the strut, and one to hold the beer.:biggrin: Should take less than 30 minutes.
do it all the time just myself. its a brisk job.
one struct at a time.
you have to loosen them both at the same time due to SOS's longer stroke.
happy motoring
Rob :smile:
just installed the struts by myself. Unused some rope to hold the hatch up prior to removing the struts. The hardest part was taking out the stripped screw that secures the cover for the heater wires. Be careful with those three screws. If you have an older car, it is likely that they are tight.
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+1! My screws were too damn tight... So I just had the dealer put these on for me... I love the look of the silver too! I replaced both my trunk and engine hatch struts. Couldn't be happier with them!
Hi
I replaced both trunk and engine struts. I was alone. I don't think I had any issues. I was carefull though not to drop anything,
I do think that it said in the "manual" that I had to extend the wires on the engine struts. But I did not have to do anything.
I can't find the mail I sent to SOS about it now. But the european NSX may be a little different than the US and I did not have to do it because of that.
I had no beer holdning person. No beer comes near my NSX :biggrin:
Regards
I replaced both trunk and engine struts. I was alone. I don't think I had any issues. I was carefull though not to drop anything,
I do think that it said in the "manual" that I had to extend the wires on the engine struts. But I did not have to do anything.
I can't find the mail I sent to SOS about it now. But the european NSX may be a little different than the US and I did not have to do it because of that.
I had no beer holdning person. No beer comes near my NSX :biggrin:
Regards
I just installed mine tonight. Good news is that they are in and work great! Bad news is that I wrecked the Phillips head on one of the screws securing the heater wire cover (it was tight after 17 years!). Anybody know how I can get ahold of a new screw? What about a new cover?
An Acura dealer can order them for you.
I also noticed I'm missing a screw for my engine garnish piece. Acura can order that also?
Yep.
Thanks for the info!
Yup, you will need to get your wife or girl friend to help you. What you will want to do is get her to hold up the back window, or trunk if you are doing it, and then get behind her and while she has both arms holding up the window or trunk, reach around her from behind and with both hands grab her boobs.:biggrin: Now, be sure not to take off one of the struts before doing that or she might drop it. You may have to wait for another day to change the strut though, on second thought this really isn't a good idea.
Anyway, when you are changing the strut you will think of this technique. I can run faster SCARED
than my wife can MAD. Brad
