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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 16 2013, 01:24 PM (742 Views) | |
| 1.0smallblock | Feb 16 2013, 01:24 PM Post #1 |
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the other day i stopped off at the grocery store to pick up a few items...( no, this is not another "grope" story.. ) i purchased a few items, walked to the car, set the bags on the ground and opened the hatch. i pushed the hatch up then reached down to pick up the bags. as i was raising up, F*#&IN POW!!!! my head snapped back, i felt pain and saw fireflies..i knew something wasnt right because we dont have fireflies in colorado, and it was daytime. WTF!! ![]() the lift supports are weak and let the hatch close about half way down. this is like the third time ive done this, and i have had enough of this shit. i called a buddy of mine that works at Advance Auto. he looked up the parts and told me he could get them within a day or two. i said do it. he called me yesterday and said they were in. i got the "good guy" discount $14.99 a piece. pretty straight forward, old ones out...new ones in. ![]() ![]() wow, what a difference. the new ones actually push the hatch all the way up. no more bruised forehead...glad i spent the money. |
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| rjsdotorg | Feb 16 2013, 01:40 PM Post #2 |
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Part #? |
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| 1.0smallblock | Feb 16 2013, 01:51 PM Post #3 |
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4987L 4987R |
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| Memphis metro | Feb 16 2013, 02:09 PM Post #4 |
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I got to get some for my vert trunk. |
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| Old Man | Feb 16 2013, 02:12 PM Post #5 |
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Sure they are the same?? |
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| Turbo Dan-O | Feb 16 2013, 02:49 PM Post #6 |
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Been there done that and it sucks! Your buddy hooked you up on the price for sure. I don't care how much they cost... Well worth it for lots of reasons. I have to watch out for upper cuts now though!
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| Memphis metro | Feb 16 2013, 02:56 PM Post #7 |
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Im pretty sure they arent the same. |
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| dayle1960 | Feb 16 2013, 03:38 PM Post #8 |
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Fastest Hampster EVER
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About time you started fixing the small things on your whip. It's the metro gods getting even with you for every time you cussed the mighty metro. Good job. |
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| 98chevymetro | Feb 16 2013, 03:41 PM Post #9 |
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I replaced mine a few years ago and now they're too good! Before they had to be helped up but now I have to hold the hatch or jump out of the way because it opens so fast and its hard as hell to close. |
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| Vkhelldog | Feb 16 2013, 05:18 PM Post #10 |
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I cut a 3/4 inch PVC pipe diagonally so it snaps onto the shaft... It holds it up really well and was free, and mine are easy to open :-) |
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| clarkdw | Feb 16 2013, 05:40 PM Post #11 |
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They are not the same. StrongArm 4919 http://www.ebay.ca/itm/2-REAR-TRUNK-LID-LIFT-SUPPORTS-SHOCKS-STRUTS-ARMS-PROPS-RODS-DAMPER-CONVERTIBLE-/181081721701?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3AGeo%7CModel%3AMetro&hash=item2a294fcb65&vxp=mtr&_uhb=1#ht_3908wt_1139 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-New-Trunk-Lift-Supports-Struts-Prop-Rod-Shocks-Geo-Metro-2-Door-Convertible-/330785305313?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item4d045732e1 @smallblock: It's just a scratch. Buff it with a little 60 grit and it'll be invisible. Been there, got the scar.
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| Memphis metro | Feb 16 2013, 05:41 PM Post #12 |
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| dwarren | Feb 16 2013, 06:18 PM Post #13 |
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Include them in your next short film!! (long, erect, fully extended, struts)
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| rjsdotorg | Feb 16 2013, 08:27 PM Post #14 |
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I squeezed the upper end of the tube where the plunger stops with vise grips a tad, now it just sticks a bit in the full up position. I'll get new ones if I can hack in the cable release I have. Edited by rjsdotorg, Feb 16 2013, 08:31 PM.
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| clarkdw | Feb 16 2013, 11:45 PM Post #15 |
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More Metro porn.
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Been there done that and it sucks! Your buddy hooked you up on the price for sure. I don't care how much they cost... Well worth it for lots of reasons. I have to watch out for upper cuts now though!

Been there, got the scar.
(long, erect, fully extended, struts)
9:21 AM Jul 11