Hatch supports

needawagonneedawagon New Wagonist
in Bodywork & Cosmetic Modifications
I have searched all over this forum and yes i used the search button. I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to remove the rear hatch supports. These are a lot different than whats on my 08 Scion XB.

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  • 1RONM4N1RONM4N Wagonist
    Yea mine aren't working either and I'm having troubles
  • needawagonneedawagon New Wagonist
    Guess nobody knows how to do this? even tho its been done hundreds of times on this forum that i have seen. I just cant get the top part of the shock out of its mount. I did manage to get the bottom part off.
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    The top is the easy part. Pop off a plastic cover and there are 2 M6 bolts (10mm head). The bottom is a little tricky because you have to back the stud all the way out with a 12mm open-end wrench. Good news, though: since the aftermarket ones come with a detachable stud at the bottom, you can cut off the ball end of the old ones and take the rest out with a socket...make sense?
  • CharbCharb Administrator
    bam-bam wrote:
    The top is the easy part. Pop off a plastic cover and there are 2 M6 bolts (10mm head). The bottom is a little tricky because you have to back the stud all the way out with a 12mm open-end wrench. Good news, though: since the aftermarket ones come with a detachable stud at the bottom, you can cut off the ball end of the old ones and take the rest out with a socket...make sense?


    Where'd you buy your after market ones?
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Charb1618 wrote:
    bam-bam wrote:
    The top is the easy part. Pop off a plastic cover and there are 2 M6 bolts (10mm head). The bottom is a little tricky because you have to back the stud all the way out with a 12mm open-end wrench. Good news, though: since the aftermarket ones come with a detachable stud at the bottom, you can cut off the ball end of the old ones and take the rest out with a socket...make sense?


    Where'd you buy your after market ones?

    Advance Auto. They're 'Strong Arm' brand- don't recall the part number.
  • needawagonneedawagon New Wagonist
    Okay so b4 i even had time to read this i found out that i ordered the wrong ones from work, hell i even work at advance (but they were not pictured right) the part# 4909 . I did excatly what bam-bam said b4 i was just confused but it was bc i had the wrong shocks. But this is very easy to do. I feel like a DA for asking.
  • CharbCharb Administrator
    needawagon wrote:
    Okay so b4 i even had time to read this i found out that i ordered the wrong ones from work, hell i even work at advance (but they were not pictured right) the part# 4909 . I did excatly what bam-bam said b4 i was just confused but it was bc i had the wrong shocks. But this is very easy to do. I feel like a DA for asking.

    http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp ... 9341008___


    ??

    You've got them installed already? Or just ordered? I'm buying these ASAP...
  • suspendedHatchsuspendedHatch Wagonist
    I just put the 4909 in a few days ago. The parts store sells them individually. The price was like $100. So I got them on ebay for about $60.
  • needawagonneedawagon New Wagonist
    Charb1618 wrote:
    needawagon wrote:
    Okay so b4 i even had time to read this i found out that i ordered the wrong ones from work, hell i even work at advance (but they were not pictured right) the part# 4909 . I did excatly what bam-bam said b4 i was just confused but it was bc i had the wrong shocks. But this is very easy to do. I feel like a DA for asking.

    http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp ... 9341008___


    ??

    You've got them installed already? Or just ordered? I'm buying these ASAP...


    Yea I already have them installed, and they work great. only paid 27.99 for them.
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