Except it wasn’t all the dull because some yahoo decided to save 5 bucks by returning to AutoZone a cheaper part from Amazon.
Took me 2 hours for a 10 minute job because the parts didn’t fit, and that snowballed into using so many tools and spare parts to get it all good and solid.
And since I do work on my car, I needed this to be as solid as I could get it because I don’t want that pointed hood latch, with 100 lbs of hood to fall 4 feet into the back of my head when I’m in the engine bay and someone or the wind knocks into the car.
I’m still slightly uneasy about it, but maybe that’s just the anger. The only AutoZone with this part in stock is 30 miles away, which is where I got it when I had an errand on that side of town. And this part now clearly has some surface level battle scars since I’ve been working on it. So even if I made the drive, I would be at the mercy of the manager believing me over the guy they already got scammed by.
I installed some shocks on my car as well when I got it but it normally didn’t have any shocks. Luckily thanks to forums I found a ebay guy that sold a kit with heavy duty shocks that haven’t gone out. I appreciate them every time I have to top off the oil from the famous subie gasket leak
Wow, that’s so awesome!