Hello, my hood struts don't keep the hood up anymore on my 88 n/a. I was wondering what is a good brand to go with that will keep my hood up but also if possible not oem price. Like something off amazon if they would work
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I got mine from pep boys, works fine.
"Let's play Battleship! There's enough Z's for that.."
My thread thingy: http://z31performance.com/showthread...ep-Zed-84Zed31
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Pep Boys, O'Reily's .. all about the same.
Liftetime guarantee .. but keep your reciept. They'll last 5-7 years.
I've got to replace mine (again) .. I think I still have the reciept in the glove box (someplace) .. and I just cleaned it out too.
I keep all of my car reciepts .. but there are so many of them ...'84Z31 GLL turbo|theZenthusiast site: http://www.thezenthusiast.com |
Originally posted by maroneePS - by the way your Z31's famous here in japan, dude!!
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Make your hood struts up to date easyer than you think : Not only BUT MAINLY FOR EUROPEAN DRIVERS
BMW 1-er hood gasstrut with BMW Z3 Coupe trunk nut passt without any problem
Parts you need:
- BMW 1-er Motorhaube Gasfeder 1 stk/ seite , BMW teile 51 23 7 118 370, but you dont need to buy the OEM, zbs. Triscan 8710 11111 do the job
- BMW Kugelbolzen gros 1 stk / seite, BMW teilnr 41218120964 , es ist für BMW Z3 Coupe heckklappen !!!
- BMW Kugelbolzen klein 1 stk / seite, BMW teilnr 41628186348 , es ist für BMW Z3 Coupe heckklappen !!!
Bottom end of the struts(Car side) Screw out the original one and screw in the big BMW nut
Upper end(the hood) Drill out the original nut from the edge piece, match the smaller BMW nut with a 6mm screw together and screw them in the the edge piece, place the thing back to the hood
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I've had the Boxi supports on my 89 since May 2017, still working. They are currently $18.99 for the pair (I paid $21 when I got them). You have to drill out the rivets on your brackets and switch them over to the ball stud style to use them if you haven't already done it.
http://a.co/2N760GL
I've had the Monroe 901329 since Sep 2016, still working. They are currently $16.93 per strut, so $33.86 for two (I paid $7.61 a piece as Addon Items when I got them). You have to drill out the rivets on your brackets and switch them over to the ball stud style to use them if you haven't already done it.
http://a.co/1WWTogO
I'll do a write up with pics on the how-to basics and link it.
Write-up link: https://z31performance.com/forum/z31...iversal-strutsLast edited by Dunkine; 01-06-2018, 11:05 AM.
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