Small e34 upgrade for hood

[ber55ber55]

I always had the problem that the hood wudnt open all the way when i was workin on the car. Well i took the hook shocks off a e32 735i and now the hood opens all the way because they are slightly longer then the e34 hook shocks. They are also extremly stiff. I also lubed up all the hook linkage because is squiked and was ruff and now when i pull the hook lever the hood actually pops forward instead of just unlocking.

This post is for you fanatics as myself with all the small things and trying to make things work better then before

Cheers

[repenttokyo]

what do you mean by open all the way? my hood opens all the way....

[ber55ber55]

remove the struts/shocks and then youll see what im talkin about. The hood should be completly vertical at a 90 degree angle. Actually i dont know if its "suppost" to be but thats what I have done now with the e32 shocks

[repenttokyo]

My hood opens to an 80 degree angle - just went out and double checked.

[Bin_jammin]

I always had the problem that the hood wudnt open all the way when i was workin on the car. Well i took the hook shocks off a e32 735i and now the hood opens all the way because they are slightly longer then the e34 hook shocks. They are also extremly stiff. I also lubed up all the hook linkage because is squiked and was ruff and now when i pull the hook lever the hood actually pops forward instead of just unlocking.

This post is for you fanatics as myself with all the small things and trying to make things work better then before

Cheers

Of course, you could have always just ground a little bit out of the stops on the elbows, but having new shocks is always good too I can't wait to do my trunk shocks.

[94_e34_525i]

Cool upgrade, damn I should have grabbed those shocks of the 735 I saw at the pick and pull.

[///Sniper535]

Is this just a 735i? or will hood shocks from a 740 or 750 work too?

[Booster]

I think the only thing to watch out for by doing this mod is....the leverage on the hood has been increased, so on a windy day.....look out !
Vinny

[ber55ber55]

hmmm im assuming they work from all e32. I accidently did this, so im not REALLY sure. I already knew my hood struts were messed up, so with the replacement i was just trying to fix that. When you pull the old ones off compare the length to the e32, youll see a tiny lenghdifference.

Yes true the hood is now open a lil further and on a windy day....whoop......just might rip the hood off....but i dont itll get THAT windy in socal