<FONT SIZE="7"><FONT COLOR="GOLD"> PICS ARE UP!!</FONT></FONT>

<FONT SIZE="3"> I did a search for tein hood shocks, hood dampers...and no write ups came up...so heres my little write up....</FONT>


well since the little black things on my hatch window have been stripped (no hood shocks for the window)
i used those instead of spending the $180.00 on the teins...


I had to use alot of thinking on doing this....
---how to place the shock from the hood to the side bay area...
---witch way to place the shock so it lifts the hood at a certain angle instead of me having to pull up hard and then the shock expands and hood flys open...
and how to make a bracket so it will fit right onto the hood...

<FONT COLOR="RED">I used a little block to mount the thread from the shock to the hood...</FONT>




<FONT COLOR="GREEN"> 1. first i had to figure out how much the shocks pressed... think it was around 50lbs
2. next i had to weigh the hood with a lil scale from the front... 20lbs aprox.
3. Then I messured the length of the shock while extended on the fender. aprox. 11.5 inches


4. Then I marked it all on the fenders and the hood.
5. drill holes just big ennough for the other end of the shock (in the inside fender)

6. Drilled holes for the bracket on the hood.
7. Jump up and down becasue it worked! whoo hoo</FONT>


comments welcome...


Modified by al3e at 8:35 AM 5/3/2005


Modified by al3e at 8:35 AM 5/3/2005


Modified by al3e at 8:37 AM 5/3/2005


Modified by al3e at 8:37 AM 5/3/2005


Modified by al3e at 8:37 AM 5/3/2005

 

shweeeeeeetttt hurry and post pics, thanks for the write up, i'll probably try this shizz out

 

yaaa pics would be good..

 

Post pics.

 

yea, pics please

 

cool. No money is the real mother of invention (not necessity)

for me at least

 

haha yeah but the bracket is the only thing u need... because you cant really mount it just stright on the hood... you need some sort of L bracket or something...


pics will be up at about ... hmm.... 3ish today.

 

no deal, now

 

TTIWWOP

Sounds cool

 

pics are up. ugly *** pics....maaaah badd

but yeah it was a fun little project that made me think.

 

 

Damn that is one gutted hood.

 

hey bro', that looks great!! good job on the project and good luck with the future mods.

 

a lil more detail on this as far as better measurements.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sohcvtec1995 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">a lil more detail on this as far as better measurements.</TD></TR></TABLE>


well when you compress the shock... you dont know the EXACT mesurements... thats why i just compressed it and messured it with a little space on the shock part... so there....11.5 inches is really... just what i used...and my hood is a lil lighter than some... so you will have to weigh your hood... it will probally weigh about 6-8 pounds more...

and just to inform you.. im just an average guy. not a shop owner with all the tools to fab things up...

and i was thinking of either welding the little bracket i made onto to hood itself and then making another bracket for the inner part of the bay so i dont have to take off the whole shock to remove my fender...

but so far... thanks for the comments......

 

thats damn pimp

 

good write up I cant believe how $$$ those hood lifts are!!
Here are some more:
http://www.redlinetuning.com/Q....html

 

yeah man... people get a good carrer and do that... make money.. but i beat the system succa!

 

what's wrong with just using the prop rod?

 

because its a MAD tIgHt 3rD GeAr VtEc Yo JDM MOD...for free!!!

 

That's a badass DIY.

 

Thanks. I wonder if it would be a bad idea to do this with a carbon Fiber hood? it would be pretty funny to launch things off my hood though. *mumbles* stupid squirrels

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HollywoodEG6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">because its a MAD tIgHt 3rD GeAr VtEc Yo JDM MOD...for free!!! </TD></TR></TABLE>
I cant believe people are still saying this

Anyway, nice DIY. You should retake your pictures and try to be a little more informative, so we can all take advantage of your hard work. Nice job man

 

nice

 

damn that is a nice DIY.