Flimsy hood mounting points?

[oysterville]

It's almost as though the hood wasn't designed structurally for something that the truck didn't come equipped with.

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[RR - All the way]

It's almost as though the hood wasn't designed structurally for something that the truck didn't come equipped with.

Hey, love that profound sarcasm!!! It just makes too much sense...........................

 

[MYNOMAV]

Have you checked out how much flex in the hood there is at the hinges? It’s lifts the back edge of the hood off of the mating surface

I did check. It's very minimal. Maybe some brands use more powerful struts. The ones I have, on the mav, do not lift the hood, rather they just hold it open. That's all I want from them. The hood won't be opening and closing that often like those going to car shows every week.

 

[Blue316]

I did check. It's very minimal. Maybe some brands use more powerful struts. The ones I have, on the mav, do not lift the hood, rather they just hold it open. That's all I want from them. The hood won't be opening and closing that often like those going to car shows every week.

It really doesn’t have anything to do with the struts themselves, but of the free hanging weight of the unsupported hood. And also the load applied to the hinge mount when you close the hood. A gap appears between the hinges and the hood, backside of the the hinge.
Just open your hood and notice how little effort is required to make the area around the hinge mount flex. It looks like future problems to me.

 

[MYNOMAV]

My mustang does the exact same flex, just checked. It's been through hundreds of cycles and 184000 miles of vibration in 18 years without issues. And my hood has a shaker hole and two heat extractor vent holes cut into it long ago. I'm not worried about it.

 

[surfstar]

What are y'all doing to your trucks that you need the hood up?
These things aren't that unreliable.

 

[Tiger Dude]

The point of prop-open hoods is you can make them lighter. It seems obvious the hood wasn't designed for struts.

 

[Tbone289]

My mustang does the exact same flex, just checked. It's been through hundreds of cycles and 184000 miles of vibration in 18 years without issues. And my hood has a shaker hole and two heat extractor vent holes cut into it long ago. I'm not worried about it.

You might want to consider that your Mustang hood is steel and the Maverick hood is aluminum, so results may vary.

 

[AlsMaverick]

You might want to consider that your Mustang hood is steel and the Maverick hood is aluminum, so results may vary.

My 2009 Mustang is aluminum. Same report, no problems.
I think some on here imagine problems that don't exist.

 

[MYNOMAV]

You might want to consider that your Mustang hood is steel and the Maverick hood is aluminum, so results may vary.

Sorry, but it is aluminum and I know that because I cut the holes in it myself. Just saying it's not the problem people make it out to be. My opinion and observations from my own experience.

 

[Cherokee]

If I ever get the time I want the tail gate struts. I’d hope you guys can steer me to a two strut set up where it will lower itself.
I had my Terra Trike RAT in and the front two wheels sit right on the bed and tail gate,
I hit a speed bump at 3 mph and the tail gate bounced with a thud.
I want the struts just to dampen that scenario.

If , no when I get to where I need hood struts to lift the feather lite hood I’ll most likely not be driving anymore.
I’ll buy a self driving Tesla.

 

[Tbone289]

My 2009 Mustang is aluminum. Same report, no problems.
I think some on here imagine problems that don't exist.

I think some on here are overly defensive about their decision to use struts. I never said there was a problem, just a consideration of steel vs. aluminum, not knowing that his Mustang was aluminum also. I don't use them simply because I don't need or want them.

 

[tciotti2003]

Bought my hood struts and tailgate assist strut from Rough Country and both work wonderfully

 

[MikeS1942]

I recently installed one of the hood strut setups.
Now I’m noticing that the hood on the Maverick is in no way reinforced at the hood hinge mount, so there is a lot of flex when you open the hood.
My concern is that we will start developing cracks or bending at those mounting points.
Has anyone at this point had any cracking or bending?
The only way I can think of to help distribute the load of the hood hanging out there is to make and bond to the hood some reinforcement plates.
The best thing would be if one of the oh so many companies selling these products would produce and sell such a thing.

While reading about the Maverick on other sites, there have been issues with installing struts, that it may cause miss-alignment of the hood. There were ways to solve the issues, but I never paid much attention to it, because I had no desire to install them. I would search installing hood struts, and read about it.

 

[tic105]

I have a 25 XLT. Are the hoods really aluminum? Mine sounds like plastic when you tap on it.

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