Redline Tuning Hood-Struts

2000BLKGT · Dec 31, 2006

anyone using these?

http://www.redlinetuning.com/QL-FORD-MUS-9904.html

putting a new Cervini hood on in the spring, so I may as well put on hood struts and ditch the chrome prop-rod

I'm thinking of getting the stainless ones cause I'm a bit of a bling freak

if anyone has any experience with Redline Tuning and these struts I'd appreciate any feedback

cheers

Crzyhrse · Dec 31, 2006

I've got the Redline Tuning struts. I got the "Elite" ones that cost $110 and have a 4 year guarantee. Their is some drilling involved and you need a rivot gun also. They work really smooth. I believe their are also ones made by MRT that require no drilling and are a direct bolt on if the drilling and rivoting is'nt for you.

bonestock87 · Dec 31, 2006

I got them for Christmas. Excellent quality and the instructions, which were 4-pages, color with lots of pics, were awesome. One added benefit is that now my hood closes a lot easier too. It's like the shocks "suck" the hood shut. Great product in my opinion.

2000BLKGT · Dec 31, 2006

great feedback

much appreciated

myponyrocks · Dec 31, 2006

I had the red line ones, now I have the MRT ones... MRT MUCH better... and no rust holes in your fenders.

bonestock87 · Dec 31, 2006

Touch up paint in your newly drilled holes as per the instructions = no rust.

bonestock87 · Dec 31, 2006

Looking at the link you put up, I notice the brackets shown are black. Mine came with black struts, but with stainless brackets. I really like these. It's my favorite non-performance upgrade out there.

2000BLKGT · Dec 31, 2006

bonestock87 said:
Looking at the link you put up, I notice the brackets shown are black. Mine came with black struts, but with stainless brackets. I really like these. It's my favorite non-performance upgrade out there.

yeah.....mines going on a black car with a seriously blinged out motor.....so I'm liking black mounts and shiny struts

agree on the touch-up paint = no rust.....the job will be done properly....I'm pretty anal about the car

DropTopPony · Dec 31, 2006

I picked up a set of these but haven't installed them yet. They look to be well made and the guys at the company were great in responding to my questions. I have the Cobra R hood so its not a straight forward install but one of the sales/tech guys has a R hood and sent me pics of his car with how he installed them. Thats pretty good service for a $100 part.

san~man · Dec 31, 2006

I also have the Elite kit. Very well made, detailed instructions and performs flawlessly.

Very well worth the 110.00 or so.

myponyrocks · Dec 31, 2006

bonestock87 said:
Touch up paint in your newly drilled holes as per the instructions = no rust.

Watch when you take them off, they still rust. Trust me.

I really liked the way the RedLines worked, I thought they were sexier than the MRTs but the MRTs will not rust, AND I didn't have to worry about holes in my aftermarket hood.

san~man · Dec 31, 2006

One thing to note: An impact gun works wonders for the chassis side of the RL kit. If you don't have one, you'll spend a good amount of time with a socket/ratchet screwing those bolts in

Thank god I had an impact gun

myponyrocks · Dec 31, 2006

san~man said:
One thing to note: An impact gun works wonders for the chassis side of the RL kit. If you don't have one, you'll spend a good amount of time with a socket/ratchet screwing those bolts in

Thank god I had an impact gun

My Dad and I installed the RL kit in 5 minutes. No impact, just a decent drill bit. I'm sure an Impact would have been nice, but it wasn't a big deal. The sheet metal screws are pretty short.

OUR01GT · Dec 31, 2006

myponyrocks said:
I had the red line ones, now I have the MRT ones... MRT MUCH better... and no rust holes in your fenders.

I ordered mine today and am anxious to get them put on.

04GT · Jan 1, 2007

I've had a set of the redline tuning ones for a year...I love em!

2000BLKGT · Jan 1, 2007

been googling around looking at the MRT ones now

aside from the no-drilling aspect....there does appear to be one major benefit (for me anyway)

lots of clearance....they're literally tucked right back at the base of the hood when it's up

from a detailing perspective, it looks to be a hell of a lot easier with the MRT's

the underside of my new hood will be show quality with some custom air-brushing....so I'm gonna be detailing/polishing the underside of the hood as much as the top....let alone the clearance issues getting my paws in there to detail the motor and firewall etc

dunno....

twogts4us · Jan 1, 2007

san~man said:
One thing to note: An impact gun works wonders for the chassis side of the RL kit. If you don't have one, you'll spend a good amount of time with a socket/ratchet screwing those bolts in

Thank god I had an impact gun

I've got an impact, but I didn't have a socket that small in 3/8 or 1/2 drive (nor an adapter to go down to)...in addition, in the end, I had to use a larger drill bit - there was absolutely no way those screws were going into the holes I had drilled. I couldn't even get the first part of the screw thru...not even thru the bracket itself. Something has changed here - either their instructions or the hardware, but it simply would not work. I ended up drilling 3/16" holes (same as the rivet size holes) and they were still very tight but managable.
Otherwise, the install was a snap - very happy with them.

COramprat · Jan 1, 2007

I've had the Redlines on my car for over a year now. No problems so far although I need to lube them with something as they have a squeak to them now.

san~man · Jan 1, 2007

twogts4us said:
I've got an impact, but I didn't have a socket that small in 3/8 or 1/2 drive (nor an adapter to go down to)...in addition, in the end, I had to use a larger drill bit - there was absolutely no way those screws were going into the holes I had drilled. I couldn't even get the first part of the screw thru...not even thru the bracket itself. Something has changed here - either their instructions or the hardware, but it simply would not work. I ended up drilling 3/16" holes (same as the rivet size holes) and they were still very tight but managable.
Otherwise, the install was a snap - very happy with them.

Ya, the recommended bit size is a good amount smaller than the diameter of the bolt supplied in the kit.

My friend had a Makita cordless impact gun and it saved me a great deal of sweat loss and shouted verbal profanity.

MarcoCapone · Jan 2, 2007

I got the CDC one and they fit perfectly, no drilling just 4 bolts to remove and 2 to loosen and your done took me maybe 15 minutes to install them alone in my driveway with a ratchet.....

No more sucky hood prop FTW!!!!!

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