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Prior to ordering I knew of potential issues with the hood struts. I decided to take pictures and make a video of mine during the installation so I could verify

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Old 04-23-2014, 04:44 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Prior to ordering I knew of potential issues with the hood struts. I decided to take pictures and make a video of mine during the installation so I could verify any issues on my own car.

The hood bulge isn't much, some people probably wouldn't notice.

Here is the video,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpep8caV9NQ
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Prior to ordering I knew of potential issues with the hood struts. I decided to take pictures and make a video of mine during the installation so I could verify any issues on my own car.

The hood bulge isn't much, some people probably wouldn't notice.

Here is the video,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpep8caV9NQ
I'm one of those "wouldn't notice" people. I guess I really haven't paid close enough attention to see if mine raises at all. Now I'm going to wonder.
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I'm one of those "wouldn't notice" people. I guess I really haven't paid close enough attention to see if mine raises at all. Now I'm going to wonder.
Just pretend you never saw that video.
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Prior to ordering I knew of potential issues with the hood struts. I decided to take pictures and make a video of mine during the installation so I could verify any issues on my own car.

The hood bulge isn't much, some people probably wouldn't notice.

Here is the video,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpep8caV9NQ
mine looks exactly like that, i tried filing it down with nail file (don't ask the first thing that came to my mind) anyways i think i took like a hairline of plastic off so i mean the bulge isn't crazy but its not what i expected, but is there any chances of water coming through to the engine bay ?
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Prior to ordering I knew of potential issues with the hood struts. I decided to take pictures and make a video of mine during the installation so I could verify any issues on my own car.

The hood bulge isn't much, some people probably wouldn't notice.

Here is the video,

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In the video you mention before and after modification. What modification did you make?
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