Hood prop rod?

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Hood prop rod?

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Been looking for a prop rod for my fiberglass hood and although i remember a build thread on one I can't find it. Just getting a little nervous using the timber prop rod now that I have the engine running. Can someone tell me where it is?

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That 'might' have been mine. I have one for my fg hood and it sits in the bonnet pin hole. Ill find a pic . . Ozbilt did it for me. Opens up the hood alot higher than factory.
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Im using lighter falcon springs which helped woth alignment of bonnet as my fg springs were causing some issues.

Is this what you were after? Its bolted in with a rivnut and nylon washers and locking nut. A washer is weld up top and we used a firewall pad rubber plug over top of rod which was perfect size to fit in bonnet pin hole and protect everything ..was meant to be. I love this thing.

I used a cable clip that locks it in place.. its just temp until I use a polished one

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I made one very similar to the one above, except no where near as proffesional.
Bunnings sell some hollow alloy rod which I used.
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I painted it with VHT anodised silver base. Nice and sparkly.. i have shares in VHT :D .. i promote wrinkle and anodised finishes :D
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gbx78 wrote:I painted it with VHT anodised silver base. Nice and sparkly.. i have shares in VHT :D .. i promote wrinkle and anodised finishes :D
Awesome thanks for that, what is behind the rubber pad at the hood where it clips in?
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This is the low tech one I made for about 10 bucks.
The alloy rod is pretty easy to bend by hand, but is strong enough with a load from above. I had a spare throttle linkage ball joint that i fitted to the hood, and is the perfect size to fit inside the rod.



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unilec5544 wrote:
gbx78 wrote:I painted it with VHT anodised silver base. Nice and sparkly.. i have shares in VHT :D .. i promote wrinkle and anodised finishes :D
Awesome thanks for that, what is behind the rubber pad at the hood where it clips in?
Im not sure what you mean. Its just a hole in hood for hood pin. The black square thing is like a thin film of hard plastic stuck on as a wearing pad and protect the paint from chipping from the rod going in and out..if that makes sense. Steve put it on there a while back so unsure where to get it but a good idea. Is that what you're referring to?
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Husky65 wrote:This is the low tech one I made for about 10 bucks.
The alloy rod is pretty easy to bend by hand, but is strong enough with a load from above. I had a spare throttle linkage ball joint that i fitted to the hood, and is the perfect size to fit inside the rod.
Looks good to me. I love reusing other bits for their unintended purpose. Its thinking outside the box!
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gbx78, thanks for that, Husky65, is there a photo there, if so, i can't see it. :-(
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unilec5544 wrote:gbx78, thanks for that, Husky65, is there a photo there, if so, i can't see it. :-(
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I can see 3 pics
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