Originally Posted by bktaco

gripe 2: while i was under the hood, i also noticed that the hood does not use a post to hold it up, but rather uses shocks like the ones that hold my truck shell hatch open. they worked OK, but after a year or two, they will drop the hood on your head in a wind just like my camper hatch does. there isnt a day that goes by in nevada without gusts from the range fronts. i would immediately be working on a clamp or lock of some sort, so that those shocks dont get used to dropping on their own like a guillotine.