its the hydraulics lever thing from under the hood.. wats it called?
mines f****d i think thats why my hood was cracked underneath, it wasnt bending properly, but i got a new ss hood so i better change that piece before it break this too.

thx

Hood struts... You can generally replace both for 50.00 or less through classic industries or any other online store. I believe even cheaper through Autozone or something...

do they sell hood struts for fiberglass hoods?

You need to find weaker struts for the SS hood or you'll likely damage that, too.

Yes . Just get the hood struts designed for the stock 82-83 fiberglass hoods. Im pretty sure the part # has been posted before, just do a search.

If you go to www.autozone.com , locate your region of living, search for hood or hatch struts, select your year, make, model, etc. of car, it will give you the p/n and the price to take to AZ (for your region). Assumption here - the MightyLift p/n should be good at any local chain store so you don't have to go to AZ specifically.

MightyLift pretty much makes the hood struts for all year, make & models of Firebird & Camaros. They also make the hatch struts for all years, makes, models as well. Price shouldn't be a concern if you want them to last. Most MightyLift struts also come with a lifetime warrenty.

Otherwise.. go pull some turds off a used car in the junkyard and then, revert to the top of this statement (unless, by fate, you somehow find some good one in the junkyard).