I decided to install a set of hood struts on my Mustang instead of dealing with the pain in the ass hood rod! I looked at the price, and they wanted close to 100 bucks for the set. So I decided to make my own! I went to the junk yard and used the hood brackets from a Grand Prix, the fender bracket from a Kia, and the struts are from an Intrepid....lol I had to modify the hood brackets by cutting them shorter, and drilling new holes! This only cost me $17.00 and a couple hours of my time. How do you think it looks?
INSTALLED HOOD STRUTS...(PICS)
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1991notchbackLX
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looks like a clean installation man, nice 
can't beat that with a stick for $17!!
PS: more pictures of vehicle/turbo kit required
can't beat that with a stick for $17!!PS: more pictures of vehicle/turbo kit required
Looks as nice as any of the kits i've seen. What year Kia? I've been thinking about doing the same but i figured it would be more hassle than that.
LiquidGT
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$17 that's my kind of price! I was going to do the same thing and just get parts from the junkyard. I'm not going to pay $100 for some generic shocks and brackets that you can get off of any car.
ID89GT
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The bottom brackets came off of a full size Kia, can't remember what the hell it was called? The top brackets were off of a mid 90's Grand Prix, and the struts were off of a 01 Intrepid! I just searched the junk yard for a bit, and when I found what I needed I test fit them on a Mustang in the Junk Yard.
My set from Caniduh just showed up. For $55 they are really nice! Great quality and they are very strong shocks. The style I got dosent require any drilling and they sit more in a layed down position when open too
1991notchbackLX
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They are 99-04 specific but the same place has them for 87-93 applications tooLaser, are those universal or will they only work on 98+ or something?
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