While removing my air box to clean it up I found this thing just lying around in front of the hood latch.

What is it? Does it belong there?

 

looks like a hood support, to hold the hood up when it's open......................?

maybe the previous owner got tired of using a stick to prop up the hood and snagged that off some other car. was it bolted on?

 

That's what it looks like to me, must have had some bad hood struts at one point.

 

It's definitely a hood support. Definitely not an original part of your car.

 

Not part of my car, good, because it was jay laying under the air box, probably making noise, =).

Thanks

 

That looks very similar to the one I'm using on my Formula. It came on a parts car I got a few years ago, but I have no idea what it might have originally been installed on.

 

huh, so no thirdgens came with a hood support bar? my old 92 3.1 had a hood support bar, but it looked very stock. i never thought that it might not be

 

It's amazing what people will do modifying their cars and refuse to replace the hood shocks...:lala:

The hood support bar is not stock....

 

seriously, F-- replacing those $50 hood struts. If you can get something like that off another vehicle nearby, and have access to a drill and two bolts- you've just saved yourself $50.

 

actually i can get those struts for about $13 a peice, not a bad price, but the hood propping stick that seems stock on all 3rd gens works fine for me.

 

Just go get the struts. Hood struts aren't that expensive, and its VERY easy to replace them.

I don't see why people are soo adamant about not replacing them.

 

At $28 bucks apiece up here, a pair is almost worth a tank of fuel. Gotta prioritize. :shrug:

 

because most people dont go under the hood often enough to rationalize spending 50-60 dollars to replace them.

 

plus that rod will never wear out like a new set of struts will

$24/each was the lowest I've seen

 

Life time warranty at AZ or Advance. Cant beat that! THey last forever.

 

Autozone... (in my area)

MIGHTY-LIFT
HATCH A95024 LLT $24.99

MIGHTY-LIFT
HOOD E95051 LLT $15.99

How often do the struts wear out exactly ? I know the OEM struts on my 91 were still working (barely but, still lift the hood slowly assisted)... that's what.. 13 years ? I paid $32 for another estimated 13 years service... doesn't sound that outrageous.

 

cmon people dont be so cheap, there not that expensive, i payed 18 each for mine, i must say its super cool not having to hold up your hood with a stick, once i put it on i couldnt stop opening and closing my hood, amazing how those things can hold so much weight, and plus they give you +5 hp

 

I'd think most people here do. I got so sick of trying to prop up my hood everytime I wanted to check or change something, the $45 I spent was probably the best I've dropped on this car so far. Same with the hatch struts. Nothing beats convenient upgrades. It's like keeping the AC on your car. I'll be damned if I'm going to spend what I like doing most (driving) while sweating my ***** off.

 

one question can you tell if they are going bad, i dont want my struts to just slam down on me one day, thats the only thing im scared of, not like that hood weighs 10 lbs either,

 

Hey, c'mon now! I like my 2 polished pieces of pipe! They fit one on either side on the outside of the seats. Looks like the forward bars of a 6 point cage at first glance! Left pipe fits the hood perfectly, right pipe fits the hatch perfectly! My wife instinctively knows which pipe to reach for, depending on which end of the car I'm heading to. Besides, if I got new struts, the kids wouldn't have anything to play with in the back seat, and nothing to bash me upside the head with while I'm driving down the road! And when I get my ride cherried out, I will have them chromed for shows! And discarding the worn out struts makes up for the added weight of the pipes, and makes access to stuff near the firewall easier.

:hail: custom hood supports!! :hail: :rockon:

 

if you go to advance auto, they are lifetime warrenty. it was nice to get $100+ worth of lift supports for free (front and back). it was also nice not to get whacked in the head anymore by the hood when it was cold.

 

you cant use steel hood shocks on a fiberglass hood thats why i have a prop rod off a ranger

 

Custom struts.

 

yeah but bad hatch struts are extra security if you have a speakers in the hatch nothing like coming out in the morning and seeeing someone with thier head cut off lying on your pavement cause they tried taking speakers

 

hahaha thats so funny, it could be a lesson too, half the people that have broken into my cars are drunks, usually leave bottle caps and stuff so it wouldnt be unusual for a drunk guy to get his head banged by the hatch,

 

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They go bad gradually, unless they get punctured.

 

It's not a hood prop or anything like that. There are 2 of them that criss cross infront of the radiator in an X shape. I have no idea what they are for, but that's what it looks like to me.

 

This is definitely a hood prop. Those radiator cross braces don't look like that.

 

looks the same to me

 

$25 a piece for me with a LIFETIME WARRANTY

 

It wasn't attached to anything so I took it out. Just like the dead mouse in the speaker hole. =)

 

who needs the hood struts that cost alot or who wants to waste the time finding a prop rod out of another car? just look for the nearest pipe and violla u got urself a prop rod. found mine on side of road and been useful ever since

 

yeah my hood struts were worn down, so what did i do? Replace em? NAW, just bought a glass hood. Voila. And who said stock steel hood struts wouldnt work.

 

hah, yeah i did the same thing on my old v-6. with the stock hood, i had to use the metal prop bar to hold the hood up, but when i switched to a glass BB hood my stock struts worked just fine