Hi

I found hood dampers made for S5 89-91 but was wondering if there are hood dampers made for S4?

Thanks

 

They would be the same.

 

Where did you find these dampers?

 

i found it on ebay but when i e-mailed the guy about fitting the s4, he said it woudlnt fit, only 89-91

 

hoods are the same for all years of the FC

 

i make my own hood lifter kits for s4 and 5, there is no difference between the s4 and 5, however there are steel and alloy bonnets, but the pressure on my dampers are set right.

 

i also make engine dampers, i make the hood dampers an engine dampers in stainless too

 

are those the ones that were on teamfc3s.org? http://forum.teamfc3s.org/showthread.php?t=56554

what happened with that?

 

So since you make them, you sell them to your forum homies?

 

so how much for a set?

 

http://www.ausrotary.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=151267

email me direct on nrodpw@internode.on.net

ive been thinking about selling to the usa but not sure if its worth the time and effort, is your usa to aus dollar good at the moment? anyways email me if you want some more info and go from there

josh

 

i just looked and 1 AUD is .64 US cents. so yes our dollar is good to your dollar at the moment.

 

I just installed the Ebay shocks on our vert project. I figured I would give them a shot, if they were junk, I would just pitch them and keep the hood prop. Honestly they work great on the aluminum hood. About half way up, the shocks take over and it lifts by itself. I am very pleased with them.

 

Josh, would it be feasible or possible to use a set on a FG or CF hood? Or would they cause cracking, etc?

 

Im interested in getting a set of these, have a link to the ebay auction?

 

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Just search "rx7 hood", you will find them.

 

^can you take close up pics of the mounting hardware?

 

If you go to one of the ebay auctions ($49), there are gigantic close up pictures of them installed.

 

I wonder if those (ebay ones) will help get my steel TII hood up. I have to pry that heavy @$$ hood up every time!

 

The ebay listing says they wont work with CF or FG.

 

Damn, i wish it had a 2 bolt solution for the hinge instead of the single one. I don't like the single bolt design on the hinge at all. Last thing I need is for that little bracket to rotate and put the end of the damper through my FG hood. Looks like I'll be trying to get a set from joshrulz.

 

I noticed when I had hood dampeners on my car that I'd have to slam the **** outta my hood to get it to close..I wasn't a fan so I took it off.

 

$ Conversion is about $114 in USD for those dampers from Aus.


[still thinking.....]

 

That is bizarre. Hood dampers shouldn't have any effect on your hood latch. Like said above hood struts only take over once the hood is past the 1/3-1/2 open position. So, once you have brought the hood back down past that you should not have to slam anything. Many people have problems similar to yours when they switch from steel to aluminum hoods because the latch they had was for the heavier steel hood and the spring needs more force to close. Do you have an aftermarket hood, perhaps you need a softer spring for your hood latch?

 

No.



Wanna buy mine?