Not to start any debates.. but I installed mine like the Japan kits they sold for the bB on some of the VIP boxes which is what my overall goal is to eventually have.

FYI I also have no problems working in the engine bay, and did not have to modify my cowl pieces like yours which to me takes away from a factory look.

Props to you on your mounting method but there is no really right or wrong method IMO.

 

actually your method is probably better as it allows you to use a lower pressure shock, and the mounting angle puts much less stress on the hood hinges when the hood is closed.

i'd be interested in seeing a how-to of your method and getting parts information from you if you're willing to share...

 

I did a search for some pictures of ball mounts and parts and came up with a couple of reference sites....

http://home.pcmagic.net/blajess/

http://www.angelfire.com/ma/cwrrules/hood.html

Just do a Google for "hood lift"

Hope this helps everyone out :D

 

You're trying to to be way to technicall Chucksu

I bought about half a dozen SETS (at about $50 a pop) and tried them until I found the "right one"

Got a general idea of how long I needed in the closed position and then tried/retried struts until a set was strong enough to stay up and not sag - I left the hood open in the sun for 4 hours - measured before and after - had about 1/4" drop in 4 hours - so they're'perfect'

I've done this on a bunch of cars in the past - so already had a head start on what I needed. -- but there's nothing as technical as removing the hood, weighing etc - just trial and error --- that's why I gave part #'s for folks, at $50, $60 a set - most aint got room to be experimenting.

 

i don't know have much money for trial and error also. i need new struts for my rear hatch since i had mounted monitors there and dynamat, so the weight has effect on the hatch.

 

Hah!! If you look to the right of that pic, you can see the precisionmuffler.com sticker through the camo scion. I was there that day!! And that was in socal! :D

 

New info*** found that tein is making hood struts not sure if they will have specific car applications or will be universal....

Hope this helps everyone else out



Designed to eliminate the OEM hood stand, thus allowing for more workspace under the hood. Makes opening and closing the hood quick and hassle free.

 

So Dave, ah, when are you going to buy a set and let us know how it works?

you can test the OEM hood, and one of the CF hoods too.

 

unless you preset steel mounting supports/flanges into a composit hood, you wont be able to add struts to them - it would just tear them up

--UNLESS!!!! you have a 'carbon' hood that is just an overlay - one of the ones that has the steel support framing underneath and just the outer skin is composite for looks. ... and then you still have to find shocks with a lower compression ratio to avoid bending the hood

(I went through a number of sets to get it right)

Other than the mounting bracket on one end, those Tein props look no different than auto store versions (painted green)

 

VISION makes them for the bB also........ :D

 

any other ways of mounting the sturts?

 

not sure what you mean?? you referring to mounting tabs or the direction theyre mounted? - although the answer is "yes" to both I suppose. I didn't use mounting tabs AND my struts stay parallel to the hood so they're never in the way when the hood's open. (as opposed to a 45d as in the pictures)

I do like the chrome version though - they come chrome on Lexus, but the compression ratio is way to high (you'd taco the hood the first time you shut it)

 

What do these kits run?

 

got any pics of how you did it?

 

where can you find the vision kits?

 

I DID have them posted, were up for a a while - in THIS thread at one point or another - I'm already not a pic poster - and when I did post 'em- photobucket or whoever the hell I was using deleted the photos from their site and it left big red x's HERE... so .. F ' it.

It's not hard to do.

 

photobucket did that to me too. They spaminated their site and all those that didn't pay up lost their photo's when they did their "update". Pretty crappy of them. Would have been nice to warn people so they could save stuff off local.

 

I've got photobucket and I'm not going to pay for anything, but my pics are all still there. :?

 

Tein just came out with a nice set. They are pretty pricey, but look hott...I saw them at SEMA

 

you mean the gold ones? - they also have those as rear replacements.