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Custom DIY hood or tailgate strut

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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 08:42 AM
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Default Custom DIY hood or tailgate strut

Anyone ever come up with their own solution rather than paying for these $50+ prebuilt kits?
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 08:56 AM
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I'm sure you could, but the tail gate strut from Woods, has all the bits you need in one place, without having to "find it all"

Works really well for me.

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Even looks like its stock

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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 09:02 AM
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And I have the Woods hood struts. Both are A+ products!

Charles
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 09:07 AM
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I prchased 2 struts at oreilly's for a Eagle talon at about 18 bucks each for my hood. they came with a bracket on one end that I riveted to the hood. Works perfect!
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 09:10 AM
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Only issue i have with the woods strut is that I have the g.e.a.r. tailgate storage setup and the strut would be in the way of mounting my molle bags. So I'm also looking for other strut ideas for hood the tailgate strut mount.



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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Cliff0128
I prchased 2 struts at oreilly's for a Eagle talon at about 18 bucks each for my hood. they came with a bracket on one end that I riveted to the hood. Works perfect!
Thx exactly what I needed to know!
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