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Old May 9, 2007 | 12:23 PM
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I am not sure what year of car the ss hood came off of because I bought from a guy who was selling it for a friend....sorry, all I know is that it was black before I had it painted, and damn! that paint was pretty swirly and had a lot of chips, so it could have been from a slighty older car...maybe '98 or '99, thats just my guess, or maybe the guy did a ton of freeway driving...
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Old May 10, 2007 | 12:18 AM
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arghhhhhhh!!!! any news on this yet?? are the stock hood shocks good or bad in the long run???? which to buy ss or z28 hood shocks for a fiberglass hood???
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Old May 10, 2007 | 01:15 AM
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My Suncoast Creations hood came with different struts directly from them. Let's just say that they are even a little too weak...I usually have to use a stick to keep the hood up. Tomorrow I'll take a look and check what the part number is on those.
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Old May 29, 2007 | 06:41 PM
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Bringin this thread back from the dead for demonbird

Yet another VFN hood damaged by the factory hood struts:



I still have yet to find a solution for this

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Old May 29, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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i was gonna ttt this a day or so ago
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Old May 29, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian2006
Bringin this thread back to dead for demonbird

Yet another VFN hood damaged by the factory hood struts:



I still have yet to find a solution for this
Ha! I saw that pic and thought of you !!! I just didn't take the time to find this thread again ...
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Old May 29, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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I checked the struts on my SS and they are 100% for sure lighter duty than my struts on the firebird. Just for reference, the firebird came with the regular steel hood, the SS came with the SS hood.
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Old May 29, 2007 | 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by phantomzer0
I checked the struts on my SS and they are 100% for sure lighter duty than my struts on the firebird. Just for reference, the firebird came with the regular steel hood, the SS came with the SS hood.
So I assume it's the same way with the camaros? Someone needs to get both different sets and settle this once and for all. The SS struts I ordered ended up being aftermarket and didn't help me at all
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Old May 29, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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well, we need this settled.

that guy never came back with part #s??
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Old May 30, 2007 | 12:48 AM
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had the stock struts on my stock (flat) TA hood, with the new superhawk hood I am using struts off an SS, can drop the hood from about 6-8 inches and it will completely close
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Old May 30, 2007 | 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Havok2
well, we need this settled.

that guy never came back with part #s??

no mam'
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Old May 30, 2007 | 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by frisky2101
had the stock struts on my stock (flat) TA hood, with the new superhawk hood I am using struts off an SS, can drop the hood from about 6-8 inches and it will completely close

ok, we are asking for part #s.....? so give them up!
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Old May 30, 2007 | 07:22 AM
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Hmm i'm curious as well as my ZL1 hood i have to pull it and push on it to close it and the body shop guy said i might want to find lighter struts.
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Old May 31, 2007 | 05:22 PM
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i just noticed my ultra z hood is doing the same thing that the vfn hood is doing in that pic.. not good.. ill see if my camera will pick it up
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Old May 31, 2007 | 05:56 PM
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I guess I can go look really fast. Sheesh.
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Old May 31, 2007 | 08:05 PM
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Brian2006- If I were you I would just buy some SS hood struts. Mine do not throw the hood into the air, and the hood is very easy to close. I have never seen any ss hood with strut damage. And SS hoods are fiberglass if I'm not mistaken...
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Old May 31, 2007 | 08:36 PM
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how do you go bout getting SS hood struts?
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Old May 31, 2007 | 08:46 PM
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Ebaymotors, "for Sale" section on this site, Craigslist.org, Could get some brand new from GM possibly, or maybe cruise down to a local junkyard and see what they have
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Old May 31, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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SS isn't very comman around me.. 99% of the wrecked camaro's are V6 in junk yards here. yeah maybe ebay.. slp's site had nothing.
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Old May 31, 2007 | 08:56 PM
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Maybe try directly through GM
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