Originally Posted by sakataj

so bumping from the dead....i recently got my Seibon Cf hood and i would LIKE to get hood struts for it but it seems noone has them for the gs. i have gone through all these threads and emailed MOST the players in there who seem to have aftermarket hoods but im sure i missed some. i looked back and found a gb thread by figs and had been trying to talk to mike and hameed (who was the guinea pig for them) but mike doesn't have a solution as the 2 variations of hood struts he did make for the CF hood didn't work. one makes the hood bow up when closed and when he reduces the pressure some it wont hold the hood. it seems a new bracket is needed but as mike said he doesn't have a solution, which i would attribute to him being uber busy with more important things (like those amazing suspension pieces he makes) and the cost to make such a small run of parts probably wouldnt recoop his investment so its all good just need to find a solution

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/clu...strut-kit.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-part-2-a.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...it-or-not.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-part-2-a.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-registry.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-the-hood.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...installed.html



so bottom line anyone have any hood struts they are using on a aftermarket hood that WORK?

Originally Posted by DaveGS4

I never found one for my fiberglass hood, ended up using a little snap-on extendable prop that I painted to match my STB and kept under the seat.

You could also go with less fancy solutions...

Originally Posted by speedaddic

look at Dave getting all "fancy"

Originally Posted by Rock-a-Lex

Nice pick up! Are you going to drill and use hood pins? I have read in many areas that it is kinda dangerous to just rely on the stock latch; since the hood is so much lighter it can blow off a lot easier without hood pins. This is the only thing that deters me from picking up a nice vented CF hood.

Originally Posted by aka paco

stock hood for a carbon fiber hood? The guy with a CF hood got a great trade, After owning a CF hood and trunk before i'd gladly trade them for oem lexus hood and trunk all day



Brian hadn't read through everything but i used blown hood and trunk struts on my stuff and it worked great.. when my friend bought new trunk struts i took his old worn out ones and they held up my CF one perfect..


I know alot of people like them, but man someone couldn't pay me enough to rock a CF hood or trunk on my daily ever again

Originally Posted by aka paco

i used blown hood and trunk struts

Originally Posted by LALEX1

Hey Brian, did you ever get the strut issue taken care of?
I'm still debating if I should install my seibon hood. Also I think I will be painting mine to match the rest of my car.

In case anyone was curious. I just weighed my seibon hood......25.5lbs. Has anyone actually weighed the oem hood themselves?

If not I will be weighing mine next weekend.

Originally Posted by vwynn

hah remove struts and just use a stick

plus Aerotech hood latches.

Originally Posted by LALEX1

I dont really like the hood latches. I dont think they would flow good with my car. I think I'm just going to use some blown struts as well, if I decide to keep the cf hood.