It's happened to me finally. A common problem. I went to close my trunk lid today, heard a clang noise. I look in & find the bracket for the trunk springs hanging loose. Weld broke.
Have no plans to fix it. Trunk still opens/closes fine. I'll just do it easier going forward. Just passed 89K miles.

 

mine broke 4 months ago.. and i think i threw away the black metal bracket that is welded on there.. am i doomed or can i get a sheet of metal and just tap screw it in?

 

yea i used 4 lil tap screws and finito

 

but i think i threw away the metal piece.. what do i do now?

 

Zip ties?

 

happened to me two weeks ago

 

bet the trunk doesnt pop anymore, does it fuzzy?

 

This happend to me from my system.
I chucked the piece of metal thinking I would get one another day.
Now, I don't think they are available.
live n learn I guess.

 

but cant you make your own bracket?

 

I'm sure if I had one to copy
It was not a very thick gauge if I remember right.

 

isn't the trunk bracket fairly cheap to replace?

 

its cheap to repair but you cant buy the bracket seperate from acura.

 

Thats good to know.
I did not know they sold it seprate.
figures, I just placed a order with honda unlimited last week for little things the car needed.

 

I said cant.

 

O,read it out of context.
That's what I thought before.

 

It pops open just a tad but enough to open.

 

mine does too.
pops but stays shut.

 

yea, thats what mine did when the bracket was broken.

 

You know what piss's me off.
When you can hear the bars rattling and you have to push the plastic piece between the bars to the center for it to be quiet.

 

you know what pisses me off? when the god dam trunk falls on your head ._.

 

It's happened to me .
I was down low head near the lock.
My trunk lid must have aleast 15lbs of sound deading plus the two wings.
That thing came down and cracked me in the middle of the head.
It made me flip backwards and fall on my back.
Had a lump for a few days.
Thank god that thing had a plastic cover over the latch.
That thing would've spit me good.

 

thats the reason I had the bracket fixed and put in the HD bars. I could have lived without it popping up.

What helped was taking off the rubber bumpers on both sides on the trunk arm. It makes the truck less likely to fall. I used some felt pads over where the bumpers used to be so it wouldnt be metal on metal when I opened the trunk.

 

oh good idea! i think ima try that for sure