Wondering if anyone has hood dampers on there EF? "Civic or CRX" As far as I know nobody makes them but heard possibly some VW dampers might work. Anyone tried it?

Pic of a VW

 

I've seen them before for sale somewhere a while back for the 88-91 CRX/Civic/HB. I'll try to find a link.

 

Awsome! Thanks

 

I know tein makes them, but are too expensive in my mind. I believe you can use any struts/dampeners as long as you can position them correctly.

 

i just saw a ef hatch with them on it at ENGLISHTOWN when we were there may 7th , it had ones made by TEIN . i also wanna put some on my car and i was gonna use ones from another car like a vw but just didnt know where to mount them correctly but maybe the tein ones arnt that exspensive im gonna go see if i can find a set

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

I just found this on ebay, considering buying it. Cheaper then Teins but not very cheap

 

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I just found this on ebay, considering buying it. Cheaper then Teins but not very cheap </TD></TR></TABLE>
HAH, that's what it was. I ran across that about a year ago when I was trying to find rear hatch struts

 

is the hood support rod entirely too complex?

 

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Yep nothing new has changed on HT, Driven always lending a helpful hand

 

just get some 3door hatch rear struts and use them for the hood like i did. I just mocked up some brackets from my old work and walla!!! 6 bucks for stuts at the junk yard and a few hours of time.

 

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waaah, waaah, driven think's i'm stupid, waaah, waaah.

 

The Redline kit looks pretty good aside from the fact that it rivets in place.

 

man i need to try that cuz 2 times my hood hit my windsheild and i had to pay 200 bucks for each windsheild and it sucks...but now i seen that i will try it

 

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the force of the hood flying up will either break those rivits of, break the ball ends of the struts. I'm with driventhe prop rod works fine!

 

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I would screw it in place, or bolt it there and tack weld the back side of the bolt.

 

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Whats wrong w/ rivets?

 

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Whats wrong w/ rivets? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Well considering most of them are aluminum, and they're not that thick of gauge, I don't like to use them for high stress areas. Granted, the way they press into shape adds some structural strength to them, but they're still not that strong or that ideal in the long term IMHO.

If you look at some of the older European cars, you'll notice a lot of them are riveted together...and they don't stay together that long. I believe even Ferrari still rivets parts of their cars together, although I'm sure they use some sort of structural adhesive also.

They're more suited to fastening light objects loosely together easily and quickly. Like body panels on those stuipid dirt track "race cars". They're lightweight, but I don't think you need something lightweight in this type of situation.