Hood damper made by my friend on his EK (w stock hood)

fabricated on some stainless steel brackets and stock EG hatch rear glass dampers:

here's the finish product:









flamers are welcome



Modified by ES3 at 6:32 PM 6/27/2007

 

that's tight. u should make a how to on the install.

 

nice job

 

hmm...hatchglass dampers from an EG
i was thinking those could work too
i am gonna try to use the dampers from the roofholder in the trunk of a DelSol.

i have a question though...i know the dampers are pretty strong...so does the hood shoot up quickly or does it come up slow and easy?

 

i really dont see why anybody would flame you for this, its more of a luxury and nobody see's it and its just nice to have.

 

Pimp.

 

very nice DIY - a write up would be great.

to you and your friend.

 

Looks like it opens up more than the Tein ones.

 

Nice work how about some close ups of where they mount. Also some measurements I'm sure they had to be adjusted to make it close right.

 

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That depends on where you mount them to the fender/engine bay. The further back you mount them the higher it will open. You can mount them so it will open as high or as low as you want.

 

being weight conscious would just one hold it up?

 

Wow, hugely interested here. I see where you mounted them to the hood itself but how did you mount the other end to the engine bay? I can't really make out much in the pics of that area.

 

Wheres the tech?
DIY = how
= details

 

Yeah, it would be sweet if this was a write-up or DIY rather than just show-and-not-tell.

 

If you buy these at your local autoparts store they'll be called lift supports.

 

If someone decided to do this just from seeing the finished product pictures, I bet that they could figure it out. Not to say that a step by step process wouldn't be a great DIY (You should have done that to begin with), but a little common sense could go a long way for anyone who just tried to do this.

 

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yah cus a damper weights so much

 

we need a WRITE UP .... for your friend!

 

yeah def need a write up, looks nice, and i think i just may be doing this when i have my motor out of the sol, this week

 

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to you and your friend.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

umm, yea dood.. you need to do a write up, if not its moved to a/c

make sure you list where you go everything, size bolts, etc.. don't half *** it

 

i also see you have a swapped civic with no hood pins, no alarm. good job.. thats gonna get stolen quick

 

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Not neccessarily. A lot of places don't have anywhere near the high Honda theft rate that other places do.

 

very nice diy

 

hey man if not a DIY at least how you figured out the placement of it so the hood closes flush and info on what damper is from.