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Originally Posted by asphaltburner
When you buy your new hood, if you have good hinges, keep them lubed,...if not, buy new hinges with your new hood. Keep them lubed and your new hood will be just fine.
FRANKENTRUCK got new hinges and a new hood at the same time. I keep the hinges clean and lubed and it all works just fine on a regular basis. My new hood came reinforced at the former "weak spot" that was meant for protection of the driver in a collision (guess that means it could decapitate me in a collision,...HA! I just don't intend hitting anything head on).
In the mean time you can use angled steel to bolster the hood bend on either side.
Todd.
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Yeah, I had a set of those "reinforcement" plates but the guy doing my bodywork told me about how having those on there would keep the hood from buckling in a head on collision and how it could send the hood through the windshield. I opted for new hinges and lube....