Hood Prop?

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When I bought my car it came with a lift off cowl hood and did not have most of the hood hardware (latch, prop, hinges, etc). I just got a bolt on cowl hood. I got a latch and hinges from a junk yard car but the hood prop was bent. Fox body mustangs are hard to come by in junk yards, so are there any other cars I can use the hood prop and clips from?

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stykthyn

I want to measure mine. It doesn't look that tall.

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not sure on that one. ebay or the board classifieds may be your best bet.

 

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86 87 Cougar T bird?

 

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ebay!

 

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What do you think of a hood strut kit? Is it a fiberglass or steel cowl, just open it up and let it go, the only thing with those is I dont think they will work with a fiberglass hood.

 

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steedamatt said:

What do you think of a hood strut kit? Is it a fiberglass or steel cowl, just open it up and let it go, the only thing with those is I dont think they will work with a fiberglass hood.

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they use to make a low force set up for glass hoods

 

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Huh thats good to know. I'd like to put on on mine but I am afraid of either it cracking in the middle or more so at the mount.

 

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plus they use them on SN95 hoods which are glass from the factory

 

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Yeah but the factory probably reinforces the mount area on an aftermarket hood there isn't much to work with.

 

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I've got the stainless steel ones on my glass hood

 

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Nice, it doesn't seem to hurt the fiberglass? What kit is it?

 

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the prop rod kit is the Redline Elite. they look sweet, work great, and have a slow open feature to prevent any unwanted stress on the hood by preventing the impact

 

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steedamatt said:

Huh thats good to know. I'd like to put on on mine but I am afraid of either it cracking in the middle or more so at the mount.

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steedamatt said:

Yeah but the factory probably reinforces the mount area on an aftermarket hood there isn't much to work with.

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I've seen them installed on several Fox cars with fiberglass hoods. The only precaution that was taken was a pretty substantially sized base plate for the hood was fabricated to spread out the load.

 

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I can't see the image but thanks for the info I'll have to look into this.