Those of you with CF hoods on Gen6 Camry

darksparkz said:

I'm looking to get a CF hood for my Gen6, most likely an Extreme Dimensions OEM style one. The issue is that I'm not sure what to do with the stock hood struts.

For those that have CF hoods, what did you guys do, replace them with weaker struts, or find a way to make a hood prop instead?

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gene112601 said:

all my stock parts is on my garage its the best way to keep ur stock parts

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Netforcer said:

I think you misunderstood his question... he hasn't done anything yet and was wondering how to compensate the strength of the hood struts with the weight that is lost on the hood...

OP
I don't have a CF hood, but if i did, I would try using just one of the struts... if that doesn't work use both and 'catch' the hood once you disengage the hood latch

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darksparkz said:

Haha, yeah, I've seen cars with the stock struts that actually broke the first layer of plastic underneath the CF hood.

I was thinking if it would be possible to go to an AutoZone or the such and purchase their "quick struts", they have small struts that are fairly universal, but I don't think their compressive strengths are any less then the stock hood struts though.

Does the lower end Gen6s come with hood props instead, ie the CE or LE? If so, I may consider retrofitting the hood props from their cars.

This is one of the few times that hood struts actually don't come in handy, lol, even the GT-R doesn't have hood struts and uses hood props ironically.



No issues with the stock hood struts though? Does it push the CF hood up too hard or anything like that, or do you try to stop the hood from opening too quickly?

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Netforcer said:

I know what you mean about the GT-R... when I saw it, I thought to myself, with all the advanced technology and gizmos that they cramed into the car, they couldn't add hydraulic struts to the hood??...

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DrewsCam said:

I dont use the stock struts on my cf hood. For one they dont mount up and I dont want that pressure on my hood. If you need help removing them just let me know.

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Paul said:

they do mount up. it just needs some custom work look at gene's hood for reference.

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centennialman said:

From a lot of the pics here of people with Extreme Dimensions stuff on their car, fitment isn't one of their strong suits IMHO. Some of those gaps are big enough to stick a thumb through,

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Extreme Dimensions said:

I'm sorry you feel that way. If you or anyone you know live in or around the Orange County area, feel free to contact me and we would be more than willing to have you come down and we can test fit a hood for you and take pictures after we install it. I actually just had a 2008 Focus down here (different car, i know) and the hood fit great. His OE hood was actually poor fitting and our Carbon Creations OEM style hood fit better than stock. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me and I'll be more than happy to assist you!

-Ken

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ophamTastic said:

i'm actually going sometime this week or next week to test fit it for you guys.

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