Hood Hinge Time! Any Reviews?

[LeighP]

Thanks very much, I'm mostly interested in the Ring Brothers new style....nice to know they work well.
Appreciate your reply.

[Fesler built]

Please keep in mind that most of the companies dont realize you need different struts for different hoods. They all think you can just sell one strut for most hoods. This will not work and will cause problems for lots of you guys. Also keep in mind that all struts are not equal and we pay more for our struts so the end user gets the best product they can from us. We have a less than 2% return rate on our struts so the old saying here goes you dont always get what you pay for so make sure your struts are of a good quality or you will have paint issues down the road.

[1st Wing]

I have Ring Brothers Hood hinges. MY Hood is heavier than stock because I put an e-body shaker on the car and after cutting the hole in the hood for it, it took some extra bracing and I had to add to the front of the hood to match up with the fenders used. The first struts that came with the hood didn't hold it up after a while and unfortunately found that out the hard way. Ring Brothers replaced them with the heavier struts which worked for a while but now those are no longer hold it up either. Anyone else having a problem with the struts not working after a short period of time? As anyone knows that has priced these or has them, they are not cheap. I like the looks of the but need something that will hold the hood up.

[dhD 1970 Camao]

bought a set of Felser billet hood hinges for my 1970 camaro...they looked beautiful, installed them, the bolts stripped out after opening the hood 4 times nearly damaged my body work, fixed that and after opening a couple more times, the bearings blew out of them. they were garbage and I sent them back. Has anyone had these kinds of problems with the ring brother hinges, if so I will buy a new set of stock hinges instead. So many companies out there selling repro parts that are just sub quality junk. I also ordered a set of billet tail lights from Fesler and they took over 4 months to get them...ridiculous.

Please, if any one has installed a set of ring brother billet hinges on their 1970 camaro, let me know your experiences with them...thanks a bunch.

[FirebirdSteve]

I installed the Ring Bros. hood hinges. They are beautiful looking...that said, I had to get the heavier struts as I too have added weight to the hood. Still not holding it up though.
I am going to have to get some aftermarket struts.



****EDIT: Found a local guy who can rebuild the Ring Bros. struts for the application!!!