rydeordie

I was wondering if hood struts would work on a fiberglass hood?

CutterWolf

Yes they will but, you need to find the right type. I put struts on mine and they worked great but I had a problem with them in that they would not let my hood stay flush with my fenders. The cause of this was do to the fact that the struts would not fully decompress thus leaving pressure on the hood which bowed it up. This also put pressure on my hood pins making them dent my hood. Once I removed them and put my prop back on I had no problems so now I'm looking for the right type of hood strut to get.

rydeordie

Geez! I knew I should of came on here first before I purchased. Would you happen to know what type I would need to fit the Cervini's 67' style hood?

CutterWolf

I wish bro, I have to do more research first but I'm thinking the ones that have a longer strut that attach's farther toward the front of the car.

JimC

MRT has a set of hood struts that use a lighter piston and will work with fiberglass hoods

mygt500

Redline tuning hood struts will fit almost any fiberglass hood (esp from Cervinis). I have it on mine (Cervinis) and will put on my GTS-3 when painted (Trufiber)
Link http://www.redlinetuning.com/products_quicklift.html

I suggested Redline tuning but almost any others will work too! Hope it helps!

marcuskeeler

The problem was more likely that the strut was too well sprung for the fibreglass [on most hoods] to compress. It's a fairly well documented issue which affects thinner/cheaper hoods the most - obviously.

mygt500

I get what your saying Marcus and with Cervinis hoods I doubt he would have that trouble with the Redline or the MRT hood struts..... JMO

CutterWolf

Well I have a Trufiber hood which is not thin or cheep for sure. It's just the struts I got would not full decompress. I could push down on the hood and decompress them and the hood would lay flat but as soon as I let go it would bow it right back up.

eric6913

i have the MRT with my carbon fiber hood and it still bows. the manufacturer told me to disconnect the struts when the hood is closed.