Bopped on my head...
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Bopped on my head...
for the last time .... Just ordered new liftgate struts for my rig...The next ime I open it...it will be to replace them....$30.10 delivered....Probably spent more than that on asprin...
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I lucked out. Mine came with new struts already.
But in my Mustang (hatchback) there is a custom cut to length broom handle that works perfectly for holding up the hatch.
But in my Mustang (hatchback) there is a custom cut to length broom handle that works perfectly for holding up the hatch.
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Had to update this....I installed the struts today...Couldn't be happier....I spent more time opening and closing the hatch to watch it go up by itself than I spent changing them....
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Haha yeah it's clever like that. I changed my struts out this fall winter after 2 or 3 years of head bopping. And sure enough, the week after I changed them, the damn thing decided to lock up the latch mechanism so that I couldn't open it at all
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I got new struts on mine too, isn't it awesome how it goes up on it's own?! Although the hatch hit me in the chin a few times, comes up FAST, still used to it not staying up at all...
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It used to hit me in the head. Sometimes, especially when wearing a baseball cap, I would walk right into it - that really smarts and is very embarrassing.
I replaced the struts a month ago and today when I opened the tailgate (kind of obliviously, semi-distracted) it came up fast and got me right in the chin! It was a pretty good upper-cut too!
I replaced the struts a month ago and today when I opened the tailgate (kind of obliviously, semi-distracted) it came up fast and got me right in the chin! It was a pretty good upper-cut too!
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It used to hit me in the head. Sometimes, especially when wearing a baseball cap, I would walk right into it - that really smarts and is very embarrassing.
I replaced the struts a month ago and today when I opened the tailgate (kind of obliviously, semi-distracted) it came up fast and got me right in the chin! It was a pretty good upper-cut too!
I replaced the struts a month ago and today when I opened the tailgate (kind of obliviously, semi-distracted) it came up fast and got me right in the chin! It was a pretty good upper-cut too!