I finally got my Acura CL Type-S moved (pushed) into my driveway. Now that I’m able to work on the CL in the comfort of my own driveway, I started getting to work. The hood struts unfortunately are no longer working, so the hood keeps falling down on my head. Annoyingly, every time I need to work under the hood, I have to prop it up with various 2×4’s that I have laying around the house. I figure that one of the first things I need to take care of are the hood struts (shocks) as it will make working on anything else under the hood much easier.

I decided to finally replace these old hood struts on my Toyota 4Runner after the hood came crashing down on my head. These parts tend to wear out over time; but luckily the fix was a simple replacement.

Because of my old hood struts, the hood came down on my head several times. However, one time it came down, closed shut, and would not open again. I finally did open it, but I had to fix it so it wouldn’t get stuck closed again.