Who recharges lift suports?

why are you spending $1500 on it already? what's wrong with it?

and no, you can't replace the struts - you have to replace. just use a broom handle cut to the right length and keep it in the trunk if you don't want to spend the money just yet.

oops, make that "recharge". the struts can't be recharged.

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Sounds like your mechanic has binoculars . . . And saw you coming. Make a note of this important warning: YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO A HONDA DEALER TO GET YOUR HONDA FIXED, OR FOR PARTS. NAPA sells the struts half price. Lots of independent garages exist. They're often just as good and very often more careful to keep you as a customer.

'Curly'

Good advice - it'll just take time to find a mechanic here I know I can trust, but that's part of car ownership.

K.

For that matter, I got new struts for my Accord hatch from the local Princess Auto's surplus section. $15 each. They're about 4 inches longer than the stock ones, so the hatch opens to almost vertical now, but that just makes loading tools into the car a lot easier :)

I gather "here" is UNC? Maybe someone can recommend a mechanic...

Which begs the question, what is the "surplus section" and where the heck is Sasckatoon! (yeah, I know, Canada, but who lives in Canada?)

nb

Uh, I do, eh? Vancouver area, actually - we're a long way from the flatlands.

The point is, there are WAY cheaper sources of hatch struts out there. And BTW, they don't need to be "Honda-brand": I had to fudge the attachments a little bit to make the "generic" struts work on my Accord, as Honda uses non-generic bolt-ons, but they do work.

H'mmm - once again I'm getting only about 1/3 of the messages on my news server.

New struts for $15 would be wonderful, esp. since it's (as Dave Broadfoot would say) in Canadian dollars! The cheapest I've been able to find on the Internet is $25 each - I have to assume the parts stores here in NC would charge the same. Don't know the area well enough yet to start cruising the junk yards; that a bit of bargain-hunting fun I'm looking forward to.

One of the most beautiful cities I've ever seen - cheap struts was all it needed to make it perfect :)

K.