Tips for keeping fiberglass hood open.
08-08-2006, 11:06 AM
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Tips for keeping fiberglass hood open.
I currently have the Unlimited product cowl hood with no latch for the hood. So I use hood pins. My question is to keep the hood open, what is everyone doing? I use a hood prop now but it gets in the way and would like to use the hood struts but know they are too powerful and will crack the fiberglass. I was thinking of trying to rig up some dead hood struts and some sort of "clamping" thing......does anyone have any tips?
08-08-2006, 11:09 AM
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I traded my good struts for a buddies worn out ones that wouldn't keep his steel hood open. His old struts work perfect on my fiberglass hood.
08-08-2006, 11:35 AM
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I'm using the fiberglass hood struts from an 84 camaro. Bought them new from GMPartsDirect.com
08-08-2006, 02:28 PM
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Those are some great ideas...so some worn hood struts or some fiberglass ones would work?
I sorta have a custom prop rod now but I don't like it cause I always hit my head...I know..clumsy...
Jekyll & Hyde would you happen to have parts number for those?
I sorta have a custom prop rod now but I don't like it cause I always hit my head...I know..clumsy...
Jekyll & Hyde would you happen to have parts number for those?
08-08-2006, 02:53 PM
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Yeah, getting hood struts for the fiberglass hoods are your best bet. Thats what I did. Way better than looking for worn struts. Plus at least they are new and you know they are gonig to last for a while. The prop rod is ok but when it comes time to work on your car, your really going to get irritated with that SOB. At least I did.
08-08-2006, 02:56 PM
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Here is a link to some struts that will work for the fiberglass hood. Just ordered mine on Sunday and should get here tommorow. Do a search for the gm part #
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductD...pe=565&ptset=A
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductD...pe=565&ptset=A
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08-08-2006, 03:29 PM
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I use worn out struts that still have plenty of power for my Harwood hood. Another option is to get totally spent struts that can't even hold that up, and buy a hood strut clamp from Snap On, Mac, or somebody else. It's a little tiny clamp made specifically for holding hood/hatch struts open.
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