i am looking to buya hood strut / dampener that goes on top of each fender so i can get rid of the stock hood stick to hold the hood up. any one know where to buy these?

 

Pull a hood strut from a Nissan Maxima, you'll only need one for a Mazda Aluminum hood.

 

aftermarket... try autozone.

 

I took Clokker's advice and it works great. $15 for a brand new strut from Rockauto. Here's his full thread.

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...asy+hood+strut

 

It's spelled damper. Now you know.

 

don't have pics atm but i got a strut from o'reily's for $15 and grabbed a bracket off another s4 that was in the junkyard. irrc the strut was for the back hatch of a focus, but i've been wrong before

 

i see them on ebay but i dont want garbage. the ones on ebay say they dont hold factory hood ? idk .. just figured someone had quality

 

The exact strut in clokker's picture can also be found on a 3000gt. My local yard gave it to me free.

 

build your own with quality gas springs

the ebay sets dont open the hood far at all

the gas spring # rating you need all depends on what hood you are using and the leverage amount determined by where you attach the gas spring to the hood

i bought the sokie whatever set off of ebay, didn't like the function so built my own

mine open the hood WAY up, beyond the stock stops which i removed