Little bit of a flex here, but I must have the perfect hands for 911 ownership because 2 things that were never an issue for me on my '88 were replacing the air filter and replacing the struts. (Those extra-long long nose pliers from HF were definitely an asset) but start to finish, it was about 15 minutes for all three. But I did feel bad (real bad
) for the guys with the whale tails because the extra weight of that hood requires 2 struts.
Little story, I had spring loaded gadget that I used to keep the trunk light switch closed when I was doing long - hour maintenance, like brakes or such. Like someone above mentioned, the idea of closing my hood on that little tool gave me a bad case of the willies so I had about 10 yards of yellow caution tape streaming off of it to remind me that forgetfulness would end up costing me real money.