Help Sos Trunk Struts!!

[shawn110975]

order them from sos or the dealer, why rebuild them its a common failure and the new ones only cost from the dealer like $23.00, how much to rebuild them? 80 a piece? goodluck. and if you have these Aftermarket Spoiler are to heavy for the OEM shocks, or SOS version, to Much weight

 

[Big_D]

I'd rather not buy these from SOS when they failed after a little more than a year. These are HATCH struts not trunk struts BTW... New OEM units are more than a rebuild and probably won't last as long.

 

[NSXclear]

Frank at Strutwise does an excellent job rebuilding them. He makes them better than OEM factory.

 

[Bram]

Wow! I got lucky. My SOS struts have been fine for a year now. Anyone know how the Canadian fellow makes them stouter?

Yes, Frank owner of "StrutWise" does a great job making these Struts better than new. I had Frank renew my struts and they are working great.

Plus he is a Really Great guy.

Bram

 

[NSXCessive]

Yes, Frank owner of "StrutWise" does a great job making these Struts better than new. I had Frank renew my struts and they are working great.

Plus he is a Really Great guy.

Bram

I had all 4 rebuilt on my old '91 by Frank as well and they are way stronger than stock, they will hold up a heavier aftermarket spoiler as well. I did also recently pick up a set of SOS hatch ones for my '00 haven't installed them yet though.

 

[NSX-Appeal]

I've been having good luck with the Columbia 70 lb. struts but they've been discontinued. I just got in a shipment of GSB struts and they are awesome!

Almost 100 lbs. of compression each...they actually push the trunk up from about the 3/4 position onward. This was a cold weather test so they should be even better in warm weather.

Same fitment and dimensions as the Columbia CS750-70.


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[Hapa88]

My first batch of SOS struts were bad, but they replaced them no questions asked. The second batch have been working great for the past 6 months. No problems what so ever!

 

[mugen_kid]

Mine have been on a little over 2 years, they still work great!

 

[petco]

After over a year of installing mine, my struts no longer hold!

 

[Zipy]

Interesting that some of the factory replacement ones are failing quickly. My old original trunk struts (with light carbon wing) still hold it up and it is a '91! Admittedly they were getting weak until I added the carbon wing.:biggrin: