Ford Performance Hood struts on Facelift GT 2018

[geddy lee]

Hi there,


is anyone out there who already installed the Ford Perfomance hood struts on the latest GT 2018 facelift model ?
As the hood has been redesigned I am wondering if fits perfectly.
The dealers says ye - but so far I never heard of anyone who tried this.


Thanks an best
Oli

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[MaxHedrm]

I'm not much help, but I would think it'd be fine. I doubt they changed the mount points when they updated hte skin.

 

[Rc18]

I put hood struts on my 2018 using a kit from eBay designed for 15-17 model's. Fitment is fine, hood opens&closes like it's supposed to. With the obvious caveat you now have to push it closed vs just dropping it

 

[Silver Bullitt]

The only ones that I can confirm fit the 2018 are the Steeda struts.

 

[pwrdbyjp]

I can confirm that the Ford Performance kit works on the 18, I installed it on mine. No issues.

 

[control4userguy]

... you now have to push it closed vs just dropping it

?? The strut should be near-fully compressed by the time the hood hits the striker. Redline units are and I still drop the hood to latch it.

 

[Silver Bullitt]

?? The strut should be near-fully compressed by the time the hood hits the striker. Redline units are and I still drop the hood to latch it.

Same with the Steeda.

 

[TomcatDriver]

There are a lot of threads about 15-17 hood struts almost fitting 2018s, with some small changes to installation. Careful. The listed torque on the bolts is changing as installation instructions are updated.

 

[Rc18]

Weird

?? The strut should be near-fully compressed by the time the hood hits the striker. Redline units are and I still drop the hood to latch it.

Mine falls on the latch , then I have to push it down to lock:shrug:

 

[Lonmon]

I also have hood struts from my 15 installed on my 18 with no issues. I got mine from American Muscle (MMD) a while back. I do give mine a little shove when I close the hood to make sure it latches. If I don't it sometimes pops up. It may be an adjustment but it doesn't bother me, its not much effort.

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