Rear Hatch Opening Fix
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Quakerroatmeal, a good dealer will match price. Show local dealer the appropriate post with revised part#. I bet some would sell you the old part.
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The revised one supposedly has stiffer springs in it, i cant confirm for sure as i dont have any of the old versions to compare with. The changes could be very minimal or you could find that Nissan prepacks those with pennies already lol not sure.
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Well my warranty covers my hatch opening problem, and good things too! The Nissan stealership quoted it at $580. That's already 1/3 the cost of my warranty in just fixing some stupid hatch issue. Wow.
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idk whats wrong with mine, but i got new heavy duty struts from ebay from seller invotekken, (it works great!) and tried putting 2 pennies on each side, did NOT work, tried 3, didnt work, i even super sized it to 5 pennies on each side (it was a pain in the a** putting the rubber housing back on tho)... still have to hit the button once, then lift it a little bit then hit the button again... its pissing me off.
i have a nismo v1 spoiler installed.
any suggestion would really help thanks!
i have a nismo v1 spoiler installed.
any suggestion would really help thanks!
Last edited by PGooT Z; 08-30-2010 at 07:18 PM.
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Thanks for this tip. I've owned the car for two years and just wrote off the problem as just a quirk! I some how stumbled upon this thread today and performed the $.04 trick. Problem Solved!
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Wow, I have had this stupid problem ever since I bought my Z, I kind of just dealt with it thinking that there wasn't a solution....by chance i stumbled acros this thread!
I decided to use 3 pennies each side, just because I figured it would pop higher than 2 pennies, and man it works great, I don't have to use 2 hands to open my trunk anymore (one pushing the button, one ready under the hatch to lift it and soon as I push the button)
Hopefully, the extra thickness does not leave a dent.....only time will tell!
But it WORKS GREAT! THANKS MAN!
I decided to use 3 pennies each side, just because I figured it would pop higher than 2 pennies, and man it works great, I don't have to use 2 hands to open my trunk anymore (one pushing the button, one ready under the hatch to lift it and soon as I push the button)
Hopefully, the extra thickness does not leave a dent.....only time will tell!
But it WORKS GREAT! THANKS MAN!
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idk whats wrong with mine, but i got new heavy duty struts from ebay from seller invotekken, (it works great!) and tried putting 2 pennies on each side, did NOT work, tried 3, didnt work, i even super sized it to 5 pennies on each side (it was a pain in the a** putting the rubber housing back on tho)... still have to hit the button once, then lift it a little bit then hit the button again... its pissing me off.
i have a nismo v1 spoiler installed.
any suggestion would really help thanks!
i have a nismo v1 spoiler installed.
any suggestion would really help thanks!
What I've done to improve my situation is:
-Installed heavy duty hatch struts, they work even when it's in the 20s (cold for Texas)
-Replaced the spring lifts
-Added ~4 pennies to each NEW lift
-Lowered the hatch latch mechanism (http://www.*********.com/forums/141-...attle-fix.html)
I believe the newer version of the spring lifters has a shortened metal shaft, when the spring is fully compressed I do not see the shaft extend past the base where it mounts to the hatch. What this means is if you add more than 2 pennies I cannot see how the shaft could possibly extend enough to hit the outside panel as noted by a few posters as the shaft doesn't extend past the base...
-RDR