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Redline Tuning Hood Quicklift system

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Glad someone came up with these. My ST hasn't been built (that I know of) or delivered yet, but I took a look under the hood of all three that I test drove and couldn't believe they went with a prop rod in such a terrible location. I guess, in theory, since the new hood releases are the two-pull type and after the second pull there is nothing holding it down, the hood should just about go up entirely on its own without any effort by the person opening it.
 

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KNTRDR said:
Glad someone came up with these. My ST hasn't been built (that I know of) or delivered yet, but I took a look under the hood of all three that I test drove and couldn't believe they went with a prop rod in such a terrible location. I guess, in theory, since the new hood releases are the two-pull type and after the second pull there is nothing holding it down, the hood should just about go up entirely on its own without any effort by the person opening it.
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I agree with you
 

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if I'm spending $50K plus, I should have hood struts.

The Aviator got them, why not us?
 

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if I'm spending $50K plus, I should have hood struts.

The Aviator got them, why not us?
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Good question. Maybe because the Aviator retail range is from about 60-80 grand.
 

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UnevaKno said:
Good question. Maybe because the Aviator retail range is from about 60-80 grand.
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Most likely since the Lincoln is a luxury model, no doubt they want the owners to barely lift a finger to do anything, even something as simple as lifting the hood to add washer fluid.

With that being said, the Explorer ST is still not cheap, and you would think for $50-60k that they might be able to chuck in one or two hood struts which are not particularly expensive. Even my cheaper, base-model outgoing car from 2009 has them (and they still work, oddly).
 

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  1. If auto makers are concerned that the price of a tweeter is 25 cents, you can bet they will be concerned about a $100 pair of hood struts.
  2. Also, the leverage force is such that the hood will not open from the closed position once the hood struts are installed. The leverage force then increases such that the gas struts will hold up the open hood.
  3. I don't remove the prop rod from my Mustang (with hood struts), because if I was on the side of the highway in high winds I want the prop rod to help keep the hood open.
 

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