Hood struts for a 1999 - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

US Route 6 · 10-23-2009, 10:41 AM

I feel kinda left out here. My friend has a '92, another friend has an '01, and both of them have struts to hold the hoods open. Me? I've got a stinkin' prop rod! I didn't notice any threaded holes to mount strut brackets to either. Anybody here ever heard of a '99 with struts? Retrofitted their 99 with struts? Something, anything?

chronoti · 10-23-2009, 02:25 PM

i'm surprised. go to the local u-pull and pull some struts and the mounting hardware, the holes should be there

Gibson99 · 10-24-2009, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by chronoti

i'm surprised. go to the local u-pull and pull some struts and the mounting hardware, the holes should be there

oh if only it were that easy... no, the holes arent there because it wasn't an option on gen4 97-99. 00-01 got em tho. there's extra plates of metal welded on for them to bolt to, so it's not a simple bolt-on situation.