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Old May 9, 2008 | 07:40 AM
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So I went and put on the hood to line it up. It appears my stock hood struts are too strong to let the hood down. With A decent amount of pressure the hood would not close. There was quite a flex when I tried so I backedoff. Question is where Can I find weaker struts that will fit my car to allow the hood to be lowered with les pressure? Any links would be great. thanks!
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Old May 9, 2008 | 12:16 PM
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take one of the struts off and it will be fine. OR get your hands on a lighter duty pair of struts, although they are hard to come by...
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Old May 9, 2008 | 01:25 PM
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I'd say don't use them for the time being. I remember there being a write-up on how to mod the factory struts. I think the mod would depressurize the struts and you'd have to mod them so they lock in place with something.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 01:37 PM
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Ok come on guys any other ideas. I know lots of guys have these hoods... Ill try to use just one for the time being. Ive also heard you can take some tension out. Any ideas on this? Or where to go to find low tension struts....please heeeelp!

Maybe I shoulda went with a pin on
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