Just put a new trufiber fiberglass hood on my 96 camaro and now my stock hood struts are too strong. Who makes a weaker hood strut more suited to a fiberglass hood? I DO NOT want to go with a prop rod.... anyone else been down this road?

 

your best bet is to (and i know this sounds funny but ive seen people do it before) bring a scale to the parts store and test all the shocks that are the same length and grab the weakest ones obviously check your stock ones first... you new hood will probably weigh in the 15lb range and the steel one is maybe 30 lbs (i dont know for sure but ive picked up both and the fiber glass is like a feather compared to the steel)

 

I went through this when I had a fiberglass hood on my Camaro. All you need to do is take one strut off. One strut is still plenty powerful enough to raise the hood

 

could you use the struts off a ss car since they run a glass hood from the factory?

 

Wouldn't that put unnecessary strain on the hood?

 

my parts store just said they had stock replacements.... do most other car brands hood struts mount the same way as the camaro's?

 

didn't think they did... can anyone else confirm this?

 

I use stock replacements on my fiberglass ultraZ and they aren't too strong.

 

no strain on it. One strut is still strong enough to hold it, but you could close the hood fully with 1 finger.

SS and WS6 had fiberglass hoods

 

thanks for the advice.....