Finally ordered the Redline hood struts

[StoplightWarrior]

Had some Amazon gift cards left over from Christmas, and found the redline struts on their site. I can't wait to finally get these on and replace the old school hood prop! I have been admiring the hood struts on many member's rides here, and now I can join the club! :cheers:

Anyone have tips/tricks/words of advice for install?

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[MaxQ]

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Had some Amazon gift cards left over from Christmas, and found the redline struts on their site. I can't wait to finally get these on and replace the old school hood prop! I have been admiring the hood struts on many member's rides here, and now I can join the club! :cheers:

Anyone have tips/tricks/words of advice for install?

Hi, I haven't installed mine yet, but don't loose the battery cover clips down inside the inner guard, they will be gone forever:ford:

 

[redneck ron]

Install is a piece of cake. Watch CJ Pony Parts install video if you haven't already. Good luck.

 

[scott_0]

youll love them! they are top quality, only issue I ran into was I had to make the battery cover opening larger than the 3/4" they specified

 

[stresstest]

super easy to install. The crackling sound when I unbolted the first front bolt on the hood mount freaked me out a little, just do one side at a time.

 

[dogpig66]

Ordered mine from Amazon too and installed them today in about 15 minutes. Had to loosen the lower bolt on the passenger side to get everything lined up. Lowered the hood slowly to make sure I didn't mess anything up before installing the struts and buttoning it all up. Install was super easy!

 

[Redline Tuning]

Had some Amazon gift cards left over from Christmas, and found the redline struts on their site. I can't wait to finally get these on and replace the old school hood prop! I have been admiring the hood struts on many member's rides here, and now I can join the club! :cheers:

Anyone have tips/tricks/words of advice for install?

Awesome! Installation is very straight forward and we include a color manual to walk you through the process. We also have our own installation video you can watch here:



Be sure to post pictures once completed!

 

[tcman54]

Installed mine but had a bit of trouble, had to loosen the lower bolts on the hood hinges to get the struts to lineup but then the hood got out of alignment, took me 1 1/2 hours to get it backed aligned, that being said the hood struts work awesome. Also the hole guide to open up the battery cover around the one strut seemed way off after I drilled it, I just ended up slitting the battery cover all the way to the end, it was only about 1/2" long slit and no troubles now about where the dam hole is in the battery cover, lol.

Terry

 

[stresstest]

Installed mine but had a bit of trouble, had to loosen the lower bolts on the hood hinges to get the struts to lineup but then the hood got out of alignment, took me 1 1/2 hours to get it backed aligned, that being said the hood struts work awesome. Also the hole guide to open up the battery cover around the one strut seemed way off after I drilled it, I just ended up slitting the battery cover all the way to the end, it was only about 1/2" long slit and no troubles now about where the dam hole is in the battery cover, lol.

Terry

I actually used the video for my guide when I installed them on CJs site. I never looked at the one included with the package. They showed in the video here how to line up the spine of the template with the manufacturing seam seen on the battery cover and it was spot on for where the bottom mount came up on mine. Perfect video

http://www.cjponyparts.com/redline-...us-bolt-in-v6-ecoboost-gt-2015-2016/p/HDGL24/

 

[tcman54]

I actually used the video for my guide when I installed them on CJs site. I never looked at the one included with the package. They showed in the video here how to line up the spine of the template with the manufacturing seam seen on the battery cover and it was spot on for where the bottom mount came up on mine. Perfect video

http://www.cjponyparts.com/redline-...us-bolt-in-v6-ecoboost-gt-2015-2016/p/HDGL24/

Good, you are a better man then me :hail:

Terry

 

[Ugly John]

One problem I had was the windshield washer fluid line got pinched. I had to tape it over to the side a bit. Duct tape fixes all.

 

[Jasber]

You won't regret your purchase. 15 minute install. Piece of cake!

 

[StoplightWarrior]

I am running into an issue on install - the bracket for the passenger side will not rotate around to clear the stock hood bracket enough to line up with the washer fluid hole. Does that make sense? Check out this pic:

That is a slight exaggeration - I could have moved it over just a bit more, but I wanted to demonstrate where the problem is - it will NOT get close enough to line up with that hole.

 

[whirledpeaz]

I am running into an issue on install - the bracket for the passenger side will not rotate around to clear the stock hood bracket enough to line up with the washer fluid hole. Does that make sense? Check out this pic:

That is a slight exaggeration - I could have moved it over just a bit more, but I wanted to demonstrate where the problem is - it will NOT get close enough to line up with that hole.

Mine was like that only not nearly as bad. I just elongated the hole in the bracket enough to push the washer hose hold down in. The instructions say you may have to undo the other hinge nut to align the bracket but I was by myself and chose not to do that. Overall very happy with the Redline struts.

 

[stresstest]

I used a punch to align the holes under pressure while tightening the bolt. was a tight fit but went in

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