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    Rubber hood stops

    So for the last few months ive had an issue with my hood stops. The problem was that the rubber hood stops were to short. This made it so that my hood would shake badly when the wind would get under the hood on the freeway or higher speed side roads. New rubbers from Honda were the same to short. A friend of mine told me to try hood stops from a Ford Fouces. THey fit right in place with no mods, and they work just fine. THey are about 3/4 of an inch taller witch makes it so my hood is sucure. What a great fix this has been. Hope this lil bit of info might help someone in the future.

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    Re: Rubber hood stops

    you could of adjusted your front latch so it would catch lower...i had to do it to my CF hood

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    Re: Rubber hood stops

    I did that and when I did the hood was 1/4 to 1/2 inch lower than the headlights. Plus by doing it I cracked the grill a lil. This gave me the room I needed and kept everything lined up.

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    Re: Rubber hood stops

    you do know you could unscrew those hood stops to make them higher right?

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    Re: Rubber hood stops

    Quote Originally Posted by lostforawhile View Post
    you do know you could unscrew those hood stops to make them higher right?
    Lol, I was thinking the same thing.

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    Re: Rubber hood stops

    Me too.
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    Re: Rubber hood stops

    LOL...i was bout to say that damnit lol...i got mine on one side higher for heat to escape...


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    Re: Rubber hood stops

    Yeah..... I knew that. Ive had the car for 20 years now. Ive turned a few nuts n bolts on it in that time. They were still to short.

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    Re: Rubber hood stops

    Quote Originally Posted by fogged View Post
    Yeah..... I knew that. Ive had the car for 20 years now. Ive turned a few nuts n bolts on it in that time. They were still to short.
    if they are that short something is misaligned somewhere

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    Re: Rubber hood stops

    Quote Originally Posted by fogged View Post
    Yeah..... I knew that. Ive had the car for 20 years now. Ive turned a few nuts n bolts on it in that time. They were still to short.
    Well if you're so smart, why didn't you just stick your bubble gum on the ends of the old ones. Puhleez. Noobs.

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    Re: Rubber hood stops

    Quote Originally Posted by lostforawhile View Post
    if they are that short something is misaligned somewhere
    Perhaps his olds were smashed and worn down how all old rubber gets , and the new honda ones may be shorter then the original ones honda made. anywho good going finding out which ones work, i weight reduced mine on the accord

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    Re: Rubber hood stops

    Yeha, I've had a few crumble on me. I've never bought new ones, but I've never had an issue with using whatever I could find that was in good condition.

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