Fiberglass hoods with hood struts

[Kumm3]

Has anyone used teh gas strut hod lifts with an aftermarket fiberglass hood?

Do you have to re-inforce the hood in any way? I know i have to extend the mount on the hood itself a few inches forward, but these things are set up for a heavy stock hood, i just dont know if i should worry about the hood cracking from the pressure of the struts or not.....

Should i run a strip of aluminum on either side of the hood bracing?

TIA

 

[Ozz]

I put them on mine without any extra bracing. It seemed that the hood is reinforced on the outer edges anyway, it was thicker. Anyway, no problems anywhere whatsoever.

 

[Kumm3]

Which strut kit do you have? Redline or Innovative Tech?

 

[BLOWN 5.0 FOX]

I rock redlines too. As Dave and I found out at fun ford weekend... it was money well spent! The wind was killer!!! If anything were to happen, it would have happend that day!

 

[Ozz]

Yea, probably

I do have the Redlines. The Elite ones at that (hehe...duh)