hood dampeners

yellowfever · Jul 17, 2007

so my buddy just got his hands on a eagle talon tsi. He took all the turbo parts and i took the muffler(very very happy) and the dampers from the hatch. Im very confident that they will be more than stronge enough because that hatch weighs a ton without them. They look like there in great condition and i got them off with all harware intact. Does anyone have any experience with this? Im guessing i should mount the bases near the front of the engine bay and the ends in the middle of the hood? Words of wisdom?

5spdcoupe · Jul 18, 2007

mmm on most cars i've seen they don't attach to the middle of the hood but a little closer towards the windshield like 1/3 the way or less... i'm not sure how much of a difference it'll make tho or if any at all

ryan s · Jul 18, 2007

if youre talking 1g trunk shocks, theyre realllly long. like g (

) said, they dont go very far away from the windshield.

i wouldnt trust my head to them though...my buddies had maybe 2 dsm's that have ever stayed up on their own. as in, 2/10...and one happens to be his 10 second gsx lol

talontsiawd · Jul 18, 2007

I don't have experience using hatch struts on the hood. I do have experience with dsm hatch struts. They suck, they go bad, the hatch falls on you, lol. I never took the time to replace mine but almost every dsmer i know had them fail on them (i know many). They act differely in different heat as well.

Another thing, i just worked on a car with oem struts for the hood. Luckily i was at an angle, it only hit my shoulder, no biggie. But the latch was about 1/4 in from hitting my eye. If my shoulder wasn't their, who knows what would happen. I will never trust them again, that could have been a very major thing.

hood dampeners

yellowfever

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ryan s

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