I started to fiddle with my decklid shocks, attempting to take them out. I figured with it being real tight space at the top between hood and shock, any hood lowering upon release would come down on the shock as the top bolt was released and then scratch the hood paint (ouch). So I started at the bottom bolt instead, and as I was getting the bolt out, I could see the one bottom weld post spreadomg and bending toward the inside of the car due to the downward pressure of the shock mostely being on that one weld piece as the bolt was coming out. I had the hood supported as high as it would go with a rope though the entire lip of the rear hood and then to the garage rafters. When I saw that happening on the bottom bolt I went to the top bolt and was able to get it out without hood paint damage to the top shock area. This just made me wonder if there is some recommended process in doing all this. I now see how a bottom post could twist off under pressure, but I suppose that could happen at the top as well if the shock is under pressure when taking it out. Maybe I just lucked out doing it with nothing breaking, but now wonder how to get it back in if one side of the hood is slightly higher maybe from one shock or weld placement being just a little off. With the hood as high as it can go, it almost seems now I have to compres the shock about 1/2 inch somehow as I am trying to get it back in to get it in place. There must be some other way to do this right than what I am doing.
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