Lighter hood struts
05-09-2007, 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...
05-10-2007, 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.
05-29-2007, 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
Yet another VFN hood damaged by the factory hood struts:
I still have yet to find a solution for this
Last edited by Brian2006; 05-29-2007 at 07:24 PM.
05-29-2007, 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
Yet another VFN hood damaged by the factory hood struts:
I still have yet to find a solution for this
!!! I just didn't take the time to find this thread again 
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05-29-2007, 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.
05-30-2007, 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
05-30-2007, 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!
05-31-2007, 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...
05-31-2007, 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