After whacking my head on the liftgate a couple of times, I googled extra-long lift supports and most of the posts were from a while ago and the links they had didn't work, so I did my own research and found Strongarm 4351's made in China. {I only buy Chinese parts as they are better made than other parts}. These raise the liftgate about 6 inches. Whereas the old liftgate hit my 6' 3" head at about eye-level, now it's over my head. As mentioned in some of the old posts, these are NEW and a little stronger than the stock ones, so when you open the liftgate you need to be sure to have a hand on it, and/or step back a little. LOL
philharmonic
Extra long gas charged lift supports, struts, for liftgate.
Mine should be here tomorrow, saw a video about these and I like the thought of not having to duck back there.
I found aftermarket liftgate struts for a 1987 Nissan Pathfinder fit and lifted it higher and faster
Just used these Strongarm struts today. They work awesome compared to the original 18 year old ones. No more hitting my head!
I can confirm that these liftgate struts work – made a little gif to show the difference. The lower one is a brand new set of Element-spec struts, and the higher one is the '98 VW Beetle cabrio w/spoiler struts. Who'da thunk it!
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No metal rubbing on metal in the fully open position. It's baffling Honda didn't spec it this way out of the box!
No metal rubbing on metal in the fully open position. It's baffling Honda didn't spec it this way out of the box!
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