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infinitedrift
07-04-2011, 03:15 PM
Just something if your looking to change those hard to find trunk struts/lifts. I found these at Pep-Boys.

These are Sachs Lift-O-Mats(Part#SG225012) $25 each.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/japns14/046-4.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/japns14/047-1.jpg
Heres a comparison side by side. Make sure your set comes with socket balls(shown).
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/japns14/045-4.jpg
One side is similar
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/japns14/048-1.jpg
The other side is different becuase the original uses a bolt and the new uses a socket ball.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/japns14/049-2.jpg
This is the original ball socket, I left that there. I used a hammer to hit off the original strut(They do come off, be persistent).
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/japns14/051-1.jpg
This is were you'll replace the bolt with the new socket balls(side by side comparison).
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/japns14/052-2.jpg
Take a flat head screwdriver and push back on the tab to open. While open place on the socket ball. NOTE: Your going to need to twist the strut so they line up to the corresponding socketball since they face different directions.(They do twist, takes a lil elbow grease)
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/japns14/053-1.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/japns14/054-2.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/japns14/056-1.jpg

Now take away that broomstick or 2x2 and enjoy!!
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/japns14/058.jpg
noname1084
07-18-2011, 04:21 PM
did your set from pepboys come with the socket balls? i just got a set from autozone and they didnt come with it so im stuck
infinitedrift
07-18-2011, 10:53 PM
My set didn't come with because someone had took them out of the package and I didn't realize it. I went back and they took some out of another package and gave them to me....lol. There will forever a missing pair of socket ball screws.
noname1084
07-19-2011, 09:50 AM
haha nice. I returned my bum set to autozone, going with pepboys now. thanks for the write up. Cant wait to have a functioning hatch.
infinitedrift
07-19-2011, 10:27 PM
haha nice. I returned my bum set to autozone, going with pepboys now. thanks for the write up. Cant wait to have a functioning hatch.

were you able to get the socket ball screws?
noname1084
07-21-2011, 06:31 PM
i lied i ordered them off amazon since pepboys said 1-2 weeks, just got the set from amazon and of course they are missing the screws! wtf!
infinitedrift
07-21-2011, 10:09 PM
Dude your might just have to go to pepboys and ask for the screws like I did. Im starting to think the screws might not come with these part number struts. When I looked at all the other struts on the rack they all had screws.
usdm180sx
07-21-2011, 11:20 PM
Awesome writeup! I found a pair of these at the yunkyard myself haha now I know where to get new ones. Thank you!
ta2maki
07-21-2011, 11:37 PM
Im starting to think the screws might not come with these part number struts.
He was robbed. I ordered the same struts from frsport a couple years ago. They came with the screws.