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Originally Posted by ironworks (Post 414408)

If that is the only extra part you have to buy in your entire build, Your doing way better then me.

If you have not figured it out yet, no 2 cars are ever the exact same. Just buy the #25's and put up your other struts up for sale to the guy who made a hood change or did some other swap. Lots of people have to do that.

If Ring Bros sold you the 325 and it held the back of your hood up from being to stiff you would be on here complaining that you hood was lighter then expected.

I could never find a gas shock light enough to hold the back of my carbon non-cowl hood down properly so I have to just not run a strut or have some rear vent from the hood peaking up if I do. Lots of guys run a carbon hood with no problem, Not me.

No need to be condescending on here.

I'm not just on here "complaining".

I was trying to find out if other people who actually have used these hinges have had this same problem.

I think the company should back up their products. If it doesn't work, than it should be corrected, what if these are defective struts and I sell them to someone else and they don't work for him? The company should take these back and test them, if they're defective then send me replacements (they should be able to get them replaced by their supplier) if they're not defective than supply the 325# struts.

I guess some people on here have money to burn, but I don't. If I spend that much money on a product, I don't think it's too much to ask for it to work.

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Originally Posted by 505camaro69 (Post 414411)

505, the Rings are stand up guys. "IF" is a big word and very speculative and has a broad range. "IF" they are defective then go back to your vendor you bought them from...Prodigy.:_paranoid :_paranoid "IF" they are not, then Ring or no other supplier can be responsible for you or your builder for ordering the wrong thing. Im pretty sure the Rings test their product for quality assurance before it leaves their house.

Are you positive you have the correct 260# versions? You have verified the part number? Since they look identical on the outside it would be easy for a shop to get them mixed up.

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Originally Posted by 505camaro69 (Post 414411)

Sounds like complaining to me. Up till now I was trying to be helpful. But apparently that is not enough.

Good Luck with all this, I sure the way your now going about it is a great way to handle things keep it up. I'm sure it will get you a long ways.

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Originally Posted by 505camaro69 (Post 414405)

That was what I was expecting.

I did call Ring Bros and they told me that the 260# struts work on greater than 90% of first gen cowl induction steel hoods (not 100%) and that I could purchase the 325# struts for $67.50.

Am I expecting too much? At over $600 I thought that I wouldn't have to worry about them working at least as well as the stock hinges.

I still have a lot of other parts needed that I could put that $67.50 towards.

I hope I'm interpreting your post wrong. My point is, they work just fine with the correct/functioning struts. My bet is on the wrong struts.

Todd,

What struts do you have on yours?

I did double check mine and they are the 260# struts.

They did work at first, then they stopped working. I haven't even driven the car yet and the hood has not been open much since I've been working on other areas of the car.

I've left mine open for extended periods. I'll look and get back to you.

I pulled the stickers off mine a long time ago. I thought I did.

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Originally Posted by 505camaro69 (Post 414405)

It's a hot rod ---- and if you can afford $600 hood hinges -- you can afford a lousy $67.50

You bought 'em from Frank. Did he install 'em? Did you spec the 260# strut? Why should the seller be responsible for someone else's mistake?

I just installed mine on a steel cowl hood p/n of shock is #260 GS 13011. They work great. no issues. I had to cut out a section of the passenger side hinge to clear the bolt that holds the inner to outer fender but I did it from the back underside of the hinge body so it's not visible.