The other day, Hula Betty, in her most sportive, I get to work on her truck, but she wants this fixed now voice, announced it was time for me to replace the clunky Lexus GX470 rear door stopper with a gas assisted strut that will allow the door to glide open, stay open and easily close.
You will need a couple of tools:
Step 1 -Using a flat head screwdriver, pry off the little round cap covering the bolt holding the OEM door stopper to rear frame of your Lexus GX470.
After the cover is removed you will see the bracket that the old door stopper mechanism on your Lexus GX470 or Toyota Prado 120 attached to.
Snap the gas strut onto the 10mm ball stud at the bumper first then to the 10mm ball stud on the rear door.