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HFS! Beyond Pissed...Broken Hood Stud
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<blockquote data-quote="THunterW" data-source="post: 13719517" data-attributes="member: 149912"><p>Nothing wrong with the MMD strut kit at all. Although, now that I've found out about the MRT kit I kind of wish I went with it only because you can order them pre-painted to your factory color. The MMD kit I got from American Muscle is identical in design to the MRT kit as far as I can tell.</p><p></p><p>Anyways, the issue is with Ford itself and how they painted the studs and nuts for the hood hinge mount studs. Although it looks good, it's a pain in the ass and has caused a lot of headache when doing the bolt-on hood strut kits unless you strip the paint off the threads first before you loosen the nuts. Unfortunately my common sense did not kick in until after I had already snapped the stud from the hood on the first one I started working on.</p><p></p><p>I would still recommend any of the bolt-on hood strut kits (MMD, MRT, etc.), just be sure you strip and remove the paint from the hood mount studs before you begin to save yourself the ass pain that I and numerous other 99-04 Mustang owners have endured.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="THunterW, post: 13719517, member: 149912"] Nothing wrong with the MMD strut kit at all. Although, now that I've found out about the MRT kit I kind of wish I went with it only because you can order them pre-painted to your factory color. The MMD kit I got from American Muscle is identical in design to the MRT kit as far as I can tell. Anyways, the issue is with Ford itself and how they painted the studs and nuts for the hood hinge mount studs. Although it looks good, it's a pain in the ass and has caused a lot of headache when doing the bolt-on hood strut kits unless you strip the paint off the threads first before you loosen the nuts. Unfortunately my common sense did not kick in until after I had already snapped the stud from the hood on the first one I started working on. I would still recommend any of the bolt-on hood strut kits (MMD, MRT, etc.), just be sure you strip and remove the paint from the hood mount studs before you begin to save yourself the ass pain that I and numerous other 99-04 Mustang owners have endured. [/QUOTE]
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