Nitro Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Was wondering is anyone here has the new generation SS hood for the 07-09 GT500? I tried to install the Shelby Redline Elite hood struts on my car with the new generation hood and the hood will not close now. The strut cylinder bottoms out on the inner fender area stopping the hood from closing. I am of the opinion that the issue is possibly with the design of the newer hood, in particular the underside if the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelTownStang Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Are you sure that it's not the hood release cable getting in the way? Some have complained about it interfering with the driver's side strut... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted May 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 Thanks for the reply. The hood release cable is tie wraped out of the way, but I noticed that it could definately get in the way when we were fitting things up. Spoke with Andreas at Redline (He actually called me back on a saturday) and it turns out that the bracket needs to be relocated on the hood differently. The pictures in the instructions were very difficult to see since they were shot with a black bracket on a black hood and poor lighting. Once the brackets are relocated the problem should be solved. Fantastic service from the Redline folks even though I purchased the hood struts from Shelby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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