So instead of buying those $100+ Tien hood dampers, and after waiting for a set in a trade for a few weeks, I got tired, and went and got some hood dampers of a 1995 acura legend and fabed them on the crv. I was looking for 92-95 civic hatch glass struts, but couldn't find any.



So the legend struts made it so I only had to make one bracket for each side. The dampers were $8 for the set, and some grade 8 bolts, nuts and washers were about $2, so a total of $10 and some change for hood dampers! I also needed a metal bar of some sort. I had a piece of steel lying around at work that a co-worker had used to make a lock set up for his tool box, so i used about 6 inches of that.

They bolt to the hood bracket as any normal set would, and right up front on the fender itself. The bracket is on the fender lip (under really) between the two front fender bolts right next to the vin sticker. The bracket goes straight out, and the shock connects there. I painted the bracket black and did have to drill a hole for the bolt, but it looks fine. I was planning on only drilling a hole under the fender line, so it could never be seen, but that specific area is unreachable to put a nut in, because its behind more metal, and I didn't want to make an access hole. So now the bracket is just samwitched around the fender lip. Thats why the grade 8 bolt. So I could tighten it enough, and not brake the head off the nut, which I did, right before I went and got the grade 8! I obviously had to provide the nuts for the "bolt" (round top that the damper clips over) the dampener connects to on the bracket as well, because that is actually screwed into the vehicle it came off of. I think I used an exaust/cat bolt.














Modified by shaggyeg6si at 12:29 PM 9/27/2008


Modified by shaggyeg6si at 9:16 AM 10/28/2008


Modified by shaggyeg6si at 9:16 AM 10/28/2008

 

Okay, so look in the third picture. See the other bolt hole? By changing the setup from the first hole to the second, it changes the effective angle and the hood struts take over sooner and with less resistance.

 

Nice job. I wouldn't mind doing that myself.

Really like the valve cover, clean.

 

It's completely worth the 2 hours of time put into it just planning and seeing what works best, and the 10 dollars in parts that was spent. We changed the torque mounts recently and not having the hood prop in the way was really convenient.

 

kool! now i got a project for this weekend

 

did you do it? ^^^

 

Or for the lazy one's, you can use a 96-00 civic hood dampner kit...

 

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Where did you get yours for that price? I priced them at Autozone under 1995 Legend and they were $22.95

 

Haha, junkyard ftw.

 

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Hood dampeners? So, they make your hood wet?
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dampener
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dampener (plural dampeners)

1. A device that moistens or dampens something.

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I believe you mean "dampers", since that is what they actually do, which is damp motion.

(Not trying to be a dick, but informational posts like this that happen to include an error, will continue to help spread usage of a completely incorrect term.)

 

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Hood dampeners? So, they make your hood wet?
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dampener


I believe you mean "dampers", since that is what they actually do, which is damp motion.

(Not trying to be a dick, but informational posts like this that happen to include an error, will continue to help spread usage of a completely incorrect term.)</TD></TR></TABLE>

TunerN00b =

 

Lets take this tech site and turn it into a grammatical test! There are a lot more people with a lot worse **** than me. Go flame them.

 

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Hah. Thats funny.

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As I stated, it was simply to help spread correct information (which should be the reason to post information in the first place). If you actually cared to share useful information (instead of just looking for "props" for removing and reinstalling 4 bolts), you should welcome corrections of your errors.

And it isn't even incorrect grammar, its the incorrect word. You do know what grammar is, don't you? Here's a hint, grammar has nothing at all to do with substituting an incorrect word. Doing so, makes the statement incorrect, even if the grammar remains correct.

Ah, its fun when people get upset over being corrected, and yet, can't even bitch about it without screwing up yet again. Reminds me (all over again) why the majority of the knowledgeable people left this site for good.

And anyone who thinks what I posted (before this post) was "flaming", just wow. Go cry to mommy, because the internet is obviously more than you can handle. This post is a flame. The previous one was nice.

Of course, the real loser here is me, for bothering to take the time to respond to an ignorant crybaby. I'm done. You idiots can have your thread back. Have fun getting your pathetic little feelings hurt over your stupidity being corrected.

 

thanks, and you are right about the damper word. There are 2 people that use this account from work. Fixed.

 

So what did you use for the ball studs on the parts that are on the fenders?

 

The ones that were attached to the Acura Legend were removed and reused. Depending on the application, and what car you get them from, I am pretty sure there are tons of options available. As far as doing this for being cool, it is actually kind of helpful working in the engine bay and not having to work around the hood prop.

 

What happened to the pics...?

 

Fixed

 

i like that alot. i'm hunt for a crv right now and this will be one of the first things i do to it.

 

well thanks!