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Hood Strut Install Video RedlineTuning
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we have these strut kits in stock and you can use the forum discount code EXST5 to save some $ at checkout
https://whoosh-motorsports.myshopif...t/products/redline-tuning-hood-quicklift-plus
https://whoosh-motorsports.myshopif...t/products/redline-tuning-hood-quicklift-plus
Do you remember if the rivets were 3/16" steel or aluminum. The ones I received were shiny steel (black ends) and were magnetic. My rivet tool wouldn't install them. I wrote Redline but also wanted to know if anyone else received aluminum or steel rivets, had issues with installing the rivets and which rivet tools did you use to install them. Two handing the rivet gun wouldn't work even when I added leverage to the handles. Did anyone buy the optional rivet gun from redline and did it work?
I do believe they are Aluminum. I screwed up and placed a mount with the ball facing backwards (so busy measuring I didn't pay attention to placement 
). I went ahead and drilled out the single rivet I had placed and replaced it with a 3/16" aluminum rivet. Effort to install that rivet and the ones that came with the kit were the same hence my assumption. I dabbed a bit of black paint on the replacement rivet and all looks normal.
). I went ahead and drilled out the single rivet I had placed and replaced it with a 3/16" aluminum rivet. Effort to install that rivet and the ones that came with the kit were the same hence my assumption. I dabbed a bit of black paint on the replacement rivet and all looks normal.
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