I recently ordered a set of hood struts from American Muscle and was wondering what kind of issues are involved with installing hood struts on a 2009 Mustang GT? Can you remove the bolts on one hood hinge to install the strut bracket without the hood moving out of alignment? In other words will one hood hinge hold the hood in the correct position? I worry about closing the hood and crunching something because the hood has shifted. Any advice/comments would be welcome.

 

No, it should not be any big deal for you if you take it easy. Someone else talked about doing this a while back (in here somewhere) and said it was easy. Post up pics when you do it.

 

Good question as I need to order and install this mod myself too. Strong tradewinds at my track always want to knock my hood down when I have it up to cool the engine between runs.

Post up when you get it installed.

patrick

 

easy as pie

 

I did mine one side at a time. Was fine, no problems with alignment.

 

I would not let the hood rest on 1 hinge if you can help it. Ask a friend to hold the hood up or find a longer (than the prop rod) piece of wood to prop the hood open.

If you got the CDC hood struts, they utilize existing holes. The redline tuning struts require drilling and cutting of the washer line. I have the CDC struts, and they were an absolute piece of cake to install.

 

Great info.........thanks for pointing out the difference in brands.

patrick