I have a 24 LC premium. Has anyone installed gas hood lift supports? I’m short and can barely lift the hood high enough to put the manual hood lift stick in. If yo8 have, which ones did you use?
Gas Hood lift supports
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My daughter is 4 foot 9, on a good day. Thank you for sharing this post. Toyota really should go back to the gas struts on the hood. It is heavy and if you aren’t six feet tall like me, it would be impossible to hold open. Come on Toyota………..send Reidog some free gas struts!!!
I have reached out to "Redline tuning" and they put it on their to do list. I have Redline's on my Taco and have been very happy with them.
I see where the hood has holes where I suspect hood supports were supposed to be mounted. I think I saw where the GX has hood struts, but can only find the gas struts but no mounting kit. I don't have access to the Lexus support system.
I see where the hood has holes where I suspect hood supports were supposed to be mounted. I think I saw where the GX has hood struts, but can only find the gas struts but no mounting kit. I don't have access to the Lexus support system.
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Yes, please! We shortys are very resourceful but sometimes it’s be nice to have something be easy for a change!
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Thank you! It’s good to know that there may be something out soon.
Regardless of height, it’s stupid they didn’t put gas struts on this thing. I’m interested in this as well… would love to put some on.
Me too x5, Can't believe this level of vehicle doesn't come with them. Such an odd decision to save $10...
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Okay gang.. who’s going to buy them and let the rest of us know how they work etc..???
I've already ordered them and can be the guinnea pig. Won't get here for a couple of weeks at the earliest since they are NOT on Amazon Prime.
GX 550 does in fact have struts. I took pictures of my wife’s and posted in another thread. Worth part numbers of actual struts. The actual name of them are hood lift supports. There are rights and lefts. The mounting points are present on ours HOWEVER, on the hood there is a rectangular slot that the mounting bracket fits into. This “slot” is not on our hoods.
I didn’t like the way the mounting points were set up for this one in particular. These kits are all over eBay as well.
I'll let you guys know how they work. If I have to remove and KEEP the plastic rim off the side of the engine bay area (as it shows in an install of a competitive strut on Amazon) I'll probably return them. However, at least we'll have a point of reference that others can use to make a decision.
I'm not looking for something that is going to magically raise the hood as soon as I release the latch, I just want to avoid having to use the manual hood support. I got really spoiled with my LX570.
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