FDfranklin

Ive only had the car for 2 weeks and I went to check my oil today for the first time and noticed the rod to hold the hood up was sawed in half... Anyone know why the previous owner might have done this? Maybe some heavy mods under the hood or something?

vtec ftw

I have no idea. Maybe if there was some type of carbon fiber intake on there that they removed before selling the car. There may have been rubbing or some other type of interfetance.

I'm not sure how the rod attaches, but look in the for sale section, maybe you can buy one from someone who is parting out a wrecked car.

3ngin33r1

There was someone (may have been local in the PacNW forum) that was selling a kit to get rid of the rod, might be something to look at instead of replacing the OEM version.

3ngin33r1

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=579337

FDfranklin

Thanks ^ but im not really interested in spending money on it, im really not under my hood enough to care. The length its at actually fits in a hole on the hood and holds it up fine. Im more interested in why someone would do that, does any FI setups require you to cut the rod?

daktruckie99

That is strange. The rod can be removed in 10 seconds so not sure why they didn't take that option and install dampers.

alSpeed2k

How high is the hood when the rod is propping it up? Pics?

FDfranklin

Ill snap some tomorrow, tornado warning right now

fltsfshr

I've never heard of anyone cutting the rod but you never know.

I wonder how many people on here know there's a second position for that rod that puts your hood almost straight up?

fltsfshr

3ngin33r1

If you're going where I think you're going with this, I'm going to laugh my ass off when the pics come in.