Anyone got to retrofit hood dampers on their 4th gen - Honda Prelude Forum

AlexLude · 09-30-2005, 12:20 AM

Hey everyone, so lots of companies are making hood dampers (hydraulic) so no need for engine prop up pole thingie. I couldnt find an application for 4th gens (what a surprise!!) but was wondering if anyone got a modified one from a diff car to work?

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petern101 · 09-30-2005, 01:55 AM

are you looking at the tein ones? or what?

i'm sure you can modify it to fit but i think we all need to actually see one. it would help in the modifying if someone had one to take a pic of

UWNTSUM · 09-30-2005, 12:11 PM

be kinda pointless if u have a cf/fiberglass hood. Thing would shoot up and be daym near impossible to close. Great if u have a OEM hood.

IALuder · 09-30-2005, 02:59 PM

tein makes hood dampers. why not buy those? they are actually cheap.

rayslude · 09-30-2005, 03:16 PM

tein isn't JDM enough for this guy...richie rich

AlexLude · 09-30-2005, 04:13 PM

hahah naww i would get NRG ones even, but only if they had our application. I dont think they have prelude application.

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rayslude · 09-30-2005, 04:28 PM

I hear spoon or mugen makes one, hell it might even be endless, why don't you ask one of your sponsors...

j/p

-Russ

spin_r_g · 09-30-2005, 09:27 PM

I've never seen nrg hood dampers before.. got a link or a pic?

dohcpower v2.0 · 09-30-2005, 11:24 PM

back in the day... on hondaprelude.com, a gentleman by the name of PreludeV1 put dampers on his cf hood.

i don't remember off of which car he got them from, but if anyone remembers him, hit him up.

petern101 · 10-01-2005, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by spin_r_g

I've never seen nrg hood dampers before.. got a link or a pic?

its just like having a hood that doesn't use the stick to hold it up

kinda like the vette (only one that comes to mind since relative has one and familiar with it)

it holds itself open

spin_r_g · 10-01-2005, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by petern101

its just like having a hood that doesn't use the stick to hold it up

kinda like the vette (only one that comes to mind since relative has one and familiar with it)

it holds itself open

Oh I know what they do just wondering what the nrg ones look like just to see what can be modded to make it fit.

I remember someone doing one for the trunk of the 4th gen but not the hood.

pIOUs · 10-01-2005, 08:37 AM

http://www.stabilus.com/frameset.asp...mfxmenustart=0

If you want to make a project of it...Custom brackets and pick the exact gas shock you like. Some can even hold various positions in the middle while still popping all the way up when you first open it. I've looked into this for my trunk, but don't have time for the project yet.

petern101 · 10-01-2005, 11:28 AM

red92si · 10-01-2005, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dohcpower v2.0

back in the day... on hondaprelude.com, a gentleman by the name of PreludeV1 put dampers on his cf hood.

i don't remember off of which car he got them from, but if anyone remembers him, hit him up.

Yup, I saw his car at the first LFW. The dampers were too strong though and made the hood pop up a bit at the area they were attached to. Very good looking though for doing all the work himself.

AliKhan · 10-02-2005, 04:18 PM

My brother has a 97 acura cl, and it came stock with hood dampers. I was thinking of just picking up a pair of those from a junkyard and retro-fitting them on my car. I figured it wouldn't be difficult at all to fit on... just a little bit of drilling & maybe welding.

Paperchasin · 10-21-2005, 12:04 AM

to address the cf hood thing...
"most carbon fiber hoods are not of good quality and build as people may think...the force of the struts while opening the hood may cause the hood to crack at points of mounting...this applies to closing the hood as well, as there is a bit of initial force needed to close it....testing and fitment of the dampers were performed on OEM hoods, and thus the use of the dampers on carbon fiber hoods is not recommended and is mentioned as a disclaimer to customers...."

BionicKris · 10-25-2005, 12:42 AM

I was checking out the Tein hood dampers also, but I remember reading a list of fittings and 4th gen. Preludes were not on it. I saw in an earlier post where someone mentioned a hood prop (not like the damper, but mounted in the same spot) with a few holes in each side so you can open it to a number of heights- that one is made by Lokar.

Lokar's props are chromed and look nice. I have seen their ads in one of my car mags and even on the car shows they have on ESPN/ESPN2. I don't know if the website is actually lokar.com or not, but I know that is the correct spelling of the name if you want to check it out.

Paperchasin · 11-29-2005, 09:19 AM

bringing back the dead, does anyone have pics on some installed?? i can source damper kits at a decent price and plan on working on a retro-kit for everyone...

JDMugenBB1 · 12-01-2005, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by pIOUs

http://www.stabilus.com/frameset.asp...mfxmenustart=0

If you want to make a project of it...Custom brackets and pick the exact gas shock you like. Some can even hold various positions in the middle while still popping all the way up when you first open it. I've looked into this for my trunk, but don't have time for the project yet.

that project is still on your "to do" list huh, hahaha ... I was wondering about a lude application also .... I think most honda application would work ... but you would have to fab. something up to make it work with the lude..... like a slide rail bracket with a lock-slot at the end or something...