My hood was like SpitfireMk24's, only worse. With the struts installed, it did become harder to latch, because the struts add some resistance when the hood is dropped from 2 feet.
I simply shimmed the entire hood latch bracket with a 1/16" thick piece of soft plastic (cut from a VCR tape storage box). Now I can just push down on the hood and it latches. No more high altitude drops required!
It has been nearly 2 years since the installation and no problems.
I can post a link to some pics if you want to see where the shim is placed.