I got my hood on and latch working.Still need to get the hinge area
to go a little lower.And should have it all lined up and fitment finished.
I am making some billit aluminum hinges.So I need to finish them
before I get the hinge area lined up.
Took the SC to the car wash, to wash the fiberglass dust off the
motor.Finished washing the motor.Lowered the hood real slow to
latch.Got home and one of the hood strut mounts was broke off.
And on the drivers side it is cracked & and going to brake off.
Looks like the stock hood struts are to strong for a fiber glass hood.
The struts were only hooked up and used two times and they broke.
So it looks like lighter struts should be bought and install.The design
of the AGE CLASSIC DESIGN hood.Is not heavy duty enough for the
use of the stock hood support struts on this cobra r hood.
I have never bought a fiberglass car hood before.So I don't have a
standard to go by.But this hood,I would give a rating of pisspour.
There are even more problems with this hood that I have not listed
yet.I don't see that this hood will hold up very long either.It looks
like it will be a constant pain in the a,to keep cracks out and looking
good.
I am now looking in the junk yard. For a prop to bolt to the SC frame.
to hold the hood up.
If you want to buy one of these cobra r hoods.You should lower your
expectations,on quality.And plan to do about 100 hours prep work to
get the hood looking right.
Thanks Randy