about a month ago I opened the hatch or trunk and it would not stay open or up.
anyone have this problem? its a 1999 gsr 2 door.

 

Your support pistons are probably bad. I'm assuming that you have a 3-door hatch.

 

Yup. The struts that hold up the hatch tend to go bad after 5-6 years. This is true of most Honda/Acura models.

You can buy new ones. They list for around $75 and you can get them for under $60 at Delray Acura's website. They are shown as numbers 20 and 29 on the parts diagram below. Here are the part numbers:

74820-ST7-326 STAY ASSY., R.
74870-ST7-306 STAY ASSY., L.

Or, if you can do without them for a little while, you can save a few bucks by having yours refurbished by sending them to Frank at Strutwise.

 

they sell em cheap on ebay too

 

I have the same problem with my strut pistons. I saw a pair going for $40 on here not too long ago, I should jumped on it

 

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If they're new, that's okay. But I wouldn't buy any used ones; they're likely to either be worn out already, or wear out quickly...