Where to find your strut mounts ?

If you only havefront wheel independent suspension, you will only have two strut mounts toreplace. Simply open your hood and look on both the left and right side of themotor above the front wheels. You should see a round metal plate held on byseveral large bolts. If you have four-wheel-independent, in addition to the twostrut mounts on the front, you will also need to replace two rear strut mountsas well. To locate these you can get an idea of their location by looking upfrom where your strut assembly attaches to your suspension and follow it towhere it connects to your vehicle at the top. To get to the strut mounts, youwill need to open your trunk and pull back the carpet over each side of yourwheel wells and the strut mounts should be easy to find. Keep in mind that thestrut assembly is a pressurized system that is held by the strut mount. Foryour safety, you want to replace a strut mount only after the strut assemblyitself has been removed.