Hatch?

congrats and welcome!
someone mentioned that the hatch has adjustable height.

 

The potentially adjustable "lower max heights" was mentioned here:
Question : full height from ground-to-open-hatch-tip ? | Page 2 | PriusChat

If someone could check / try if that modding (by changing the attachment point) would be very interesting (and how much lower the hatch opening will become).

 

That's because you supposedly move the actual strut anchor to one of the other two positions. Try prying out one of the plugs to see if the hole is threaded.

 

i glued a piece of foam to the inside of my garage door.

 

I think the plugs screw out because they have torx heads, but they look like they're made of plastic. Hard to say if Toyota meant these to be true attachment points though. Maybe the repair manual would say.

 

It doesn't matter if the plugs are plastic, it's whether the threading underneath it is solid metal, or some other material like plastic, or carbon fiber, etc.

If it's meant to be an attachment point, it would have to be a threaded metal insert like where the original attachment point is mounted.

 

Using a Torx driver, I unscrewed the other two bolts. They have metal inserts and look suitable for lowering the hatch. I couldn't loosen the arm of the support without excessive force but I'm sure once I do these other points were made to adjust the hatch.

 

Please keep me / us updated on whether or not changing the position the two supports is working (as this information has quite some relevance to me).
Thanks!