ohayou88

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So i think my hatchshocks are starting to go out. I found some cheap ones on craigslist and its off a s4 turbo. My car is a S5 NA does it matter if the shocks came off a car that had a wiper. Does this matter when i changed them out

Sideways7

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To my knowledge the struts themselves are identical and I know that they will bolt up and work (at least at holding up the hatch.) The difference is that there is a wire that is attached to the outside of the strut and held onby a black plastic sleeve. On the wipre equipped cars it is on teh dirvers side, and on the ones with a light it is on the pass side with the light clipped on. So if your car doesn't have a wiper and the strut does, you are fine and just take off the iwre. If it diesn't have a wiper and yours does you can put the wire on the new strut and wrap it with electrical tape or something.

ohayou88

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So the light is clipped on to the strut?

Sideways7

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Well, I think its screwed on. The cover comes apart (careful, cause it can crack when prying it open) and there are screws inside if I remember right. I've still gont mine sitting apart in my trunk, so I'll take a look at it tomorrow.