Robber Soul

Seen this hood in pics a few times but actually saw one in person yesterday and thought it looks fantastic. Anyone on this forum familiar with the hood at all? What is the good, the bad and the ugly on it? I heard something pertaining to the hook shock.

Thanks

ohyeahjay

i had one when I had my 06 a couple of years ago. Best exterior mod I did, well worth the money. The hood shock kept the hood up on the side so I just went to the junk yard and took a prop rod off a junker and problem solved. Fit well with no issues. I can't upload the picture for some reason but I do have one if you want me to email it to you

fubar569

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fubar569@verizon.net if you would. I wanna see it too.

Robber Soul

Thanks. Incoming PM.

Robber Soul

For those unaware, I just found out that the proper thing to do pertaining to the struts is to only use one (from a 2004 G/Prix) due to the hood being lighter than the factory piece.

91parkave

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Huh? Mine from the dealer has always had one hood strut on the driver side....never had one on the passenger

Robber Soul

PFYC says that the Inferno hood is lighter than factory and that dual struts is not recommended because of it. The say to use only 1 off the 2004 cars because they came with 2 and half the pressure is all that we require with the hood.

I guess the other model year struts since they are singles are causing the hoods to warp over time.

PurpleHaze9414

if you don't care it doesn't stick up that much with the stock gxp shock I left mine on

TheJPGXP

I just removed the strut. The factory setup had ball joints for a second, but the inferno only had one. I used a prop bar, until someone pulled my pins out and the hood came up, then I saved the corners off and it folded back to the windshield (not recommended).

Robber Soul

I ordered an 04 strut for the hood just in case. I'll see how my factory one does first.

Any comments on water getting in? I have an open K&N Aircharger unit on the car and see what looks to be a hole on the right side above where the air the K&N would be. This is my winter car and the car I drive when it rains in the summer. Is this an issue?

TheJPGXP

No issues and I had this also. Never got to run with that new filter, the one I had was WORE out.





And my "air dump" was actually a foot away from my filter.