Anyone found any hood struts that work with a Fiberglass hood? I have a 4th Gen style hood for my 89 GTA and I need some struts that will work with it. Thanks!

 

Yep. Go to your Chevy dealer and get the supports for the 82-83 Camaro with the fiberglass hood. Cost a chunk of change, but worth it.

 

Yea, what he said, I use them on my harwood and they are just right, like 38.00 each though

 

or you could find a set of used up ones that will still hold a fiberglass hood up. that what I did. my stock ones wouldnt hold my steel hood up andmyorer and ten I bought a fiberglass hood and the struts work perfect now.

 

I had a hood prop from some car in the garage and i installed it in my Z. I think it looks clean. Please excuse the dirty engine bay its been raining/snowing havent had time to clean her up.

 

autozone, $15 a piece, get ones for a '82 or '83 camaro.

i just replaced the ones on my '82 a couple of months ago.

 

Using my stock 82 struts that are about 4-5 years old now. The fiberglass hood is about the same weight as the stock composite hood. Just got this on yesterday

 

Why would you need new struts for a fiberglass hood. Isn't fiberglass lighter then the alloy hoods on our cars?

 

Yes, it is lighter. If you use the steel hood struts (that are in good shape), they will cause your hood to crack at the mounting points. This is due to the fact that you have to use more pressure to close the hood.

 

There are some for sale in the classifieds right now.

https://www.thirdgen.org/classifieds...tgo?adid=40374

 

Scottland, just want to be sure, you have a fiberglass hood?

Thanks to everyone! I really don't like prop rods.

 

I checked at many different Autozones, and they never listed it. Maybe it is new to them.

I just broke down and got the ones from GM. Have not had any problems with them or the hood.

 

Yeah, acting on a tip from an old thread, I went to NAPA and asked for replacements for an 82-83 Z28 with the composite hood. They had no listing for it-- only for the steel hood.

 

Think I got mine from a Car Quest place, 4-5 years ago now though.

 

I ended up getting mine from Classic Industries. 38 bucks a pop! Ouch!

 

i just bought new ones for my 92 rs steel hood a few months before i got my fiberglass hood i saw a guy at the gas station with a broom handle holding his hood up and aSKED him if he want to swap his old ones for my new ones he must of thought i was on crack till i explained why stuts that wont hood steel hood are perfect for glass hood later

 

You don't have a part number do ya? I went to autozone a few days ago and bought one's from an 82 camaro, but they charged me 33.99 a peice.. They only charged me for one too cuz they had to order the other..

 

I went to Napa, Autozone and O'Reilly's, none of them had the struts for the plastic hood, only the steel one. I got them from the local Chevy dealer, $44 each!

 

I have a fiberglass hood and could not find any struts for it so I just replaced one of my struts with the Steel Hood strut and left the other old strut in. Seems to work fine.

phil

 

Hmmmm. I tried that as well and when trying to shut the hood the first (and only) time, it twisted really badly (because one side has pressure in the strut and the other side is dead) and made horrible sounds-- not quite fiberglass cracking, but close.

 

just go to the junkyard and ask for some that are shot. they will have enough pressure to support the hood. you should get them for free.

 

huh, i dunno, actually i think it was more like about 6 months ago when i replaced them, but i just asked for hood struts for my '82 camaro, and i brought an old one with me for comparison. they had to direct me to another autozone to get them, but the bill was only like 31 dollars for both.

good luck finding them.

 

Keep me in mind....

Mine are new (2years) GM originals that won't hold up the IROC-Z hood anymore. They lost their support somewhere. They look brand new. I am thinking about replacing mine with more new ones. I haven't decided on when yet, but trying to hold a hood up at a car show is annoying.

They worked as recently as last May when I went to Atlanta. From there.....

 

Heh the idoit charged me for actual struts thats why it was 33.99 each.. The 82 hood struts came up as 16.00 each, I didn't buy em yet though.

 

I finally replaced my hood struts. The old ones are GM originals and might have the strength you guys with fiberglass hoods are looking for. They look brand new and if anyone wants them, let me know.

 

Scott, the struts you have are orginal struts that will not hold up a steel hood? If so, I could problably use them, I'm guessing they should hold up the glass hood. I've just been really lazy and I'm not sure when I'm gonna get to a junk yard

 

They are strong enough to hold the steel hold if I set it where I want the hood and hold it for a few seconds. If I just lift it up and let go, it will gradually fall. Are these still strong enough for the glass hood?

I finally went aftermarket. I've paid dearly to keep this car bone stock, but the GM struts aren't lasting and the Fuel Pump Relay get replaced annually. I bought a new FP relay also.

Dealer charge for struts - $60 each (when I bought these)
Dealer charge for FP relay - $26. The last relay I bought was $14.

I went to Pep Boys and the struts were $16 each and the relay was $11.50.

 

I have new hood struts on my car as well with the fiberglass ram air 2 hood. Will the struts that you guys are talking about for the camaro work on the firebird? I would think they would since most parts on both cars are interchangeable.