I have a NRG Hood Damper for my car but it end up it shouldn't go on the carbon fiber hood so I guess my loss is your gain. 100 dollar to your door. Send me a PM if interested.

 

NRG makes hood dampners for our cars? Wow, good luck on the sale...but are you saying these can't go on your c/f hood thats why your selling? Because the hood dampners will work with c/f hoods.

 

He said I shouldn't but I could if I really want to but I don't want to risk it right now.

 

I had a set of them on my car w/CF hood. No issues at all. They weren't NRG, but they are all basicly the same aren't they?

 

They should be okay but the guy from NRG didn't want any liability from me since I'm also running there hood also.

 

Well I posted it on ebay maybe someone will pick it up

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...item=8007170033

 

how did i miss this thread...i just had mine installed earlier this week. It makes your hood almost vertical when opened. great for working on the car. real easy install too.

Looks much better than the green TEIN ones.

 

thanks chikai

 

The NRG ones are a bit longer and because of that, the cylinder gives more hydraulic lift. It may give more force when the hood is in the close position because of this.

This is what I was told by a NRG retailer that had them in his hand and was comparing/contrasting them to the "ebay Tein" dampners (non-green). He said the NRG ones were quite stiff that he'd think they may even cause "lift" on an authentic Mugen hood (which happens to be fairly stiff).

This is all hearsay, though...I have no real experience with these, sorry.

 

In the closed position the hood dampers are pushing backwards not up. That is why you can still drop close the hood once it is low enough.

The reason dampers are not recommended with CF hoods is that, from the full upright position, when you pull the hood down you are relying on the strength of the hood to force the damper in. As the damper mounts pretty low on the hood you are using the hood as a lever and they are worried a CF hood may not be strong and stiff enough.