Imagine driving your 1995 BMW 540I vehicle and then you decided to park it nearby to buy grocery goods. Since you are awfully exhausted from work but still needs to fill your rumbling stomach, you decided to buy the necessary groceries that you need to avoid the hassle of ever coming back again and repeating the same routine. Just when you are about to open the hood of your trunk to place your groceries, the hood crashes into your hands, crunching it until it turns bluish! This is because your 5401 BMW hood strut is already worn out. As you can see it is very dangerous. Say you are fixing or tuning your BMW 540I under hood system and it collapses on your back, this can cause real serious injuries! The hood strut is the long metal rod that keeps your hood up in case you are inspecting or fixing the under hood system. It is very practical and necessary since this way, you don’t have to grab hold of the hood on one hand and the other tunes the system. This is impossible which is why replacement of defective hood strut is a must. The perfect replacement would have to be Stabilus Hood Strut it is the perfect mate for your hood and will keep your hood up for as long as you want! Stabilus BMW 540I hood strut won’t slip; it won’t fall off so rest assured that the only backache you can have is through stooping as much as you want on your hood!