My hood shocks are original equip., 2003, and are not always holding especially as weather gets colder. Where would one buy new ones and are they difficult to replace?

 

autozone, advanced auto, pepboys, strauss auto, u get the idea, any auto part store,.. just have to find which one fits your car ( take your stock one in the store with you ) ... to take them off u need a flat head screw driver, it looks like a "cap" on the end, pry it open with the screw driver the shock looses its suction and pops right off ( if it doesnt slide right off just pull it it will come right off ) ... very very easy thing to do.. and to install them, the *caps lol have to be open, push the shock one end at a time onto the little ball or watever u have to attach to on your car, then push the little cap part closed,.. the end =P lol goodluck its simple

 

RockAuto has good prices on these replacements. You can get heavier duty ones too. Install is very easy, intuitive once you look at it. Good luck!

 

Don't go OEM on the hood struts. They will fail again, as they don't last long.

Mine lasted about ~50k, which isn't too bad. Still, aftermarket ones will last much longer.

 

^ thats why..


i got a pair when i went to go pick up my replacement hood.

probably go to a junkyard and just take a bunch of those off. lol

 

any autoparts store should have either a book telling you the size you need for your car, or worse comes to worse you can ask a sales man and they can assist you.

 

hmmm...I went oem, but if the aftermarket ones will last longer, I'd go with that....
got tired of the damn thing coming down on my head. install takes 5 minutes and a flathead screwdriver.

 

Go to Rockauto. I was suprised at how easy it was to replace and it cost less than 12 dollars.

 

eBay. got mine for about 30 shipped, 3 year warranty.

 

What is the best brand out there that will last the longest? Not something I want deal with again too cheap not to just fix it right the first time.

 

^^^I agree with that...but at the same time, it was so easy, wouldn't bother me to do it again in 50K miles.

 

Check EBAY or Delray Acura website. Very easy to install.