anyone 'do' stronger hood hinges?

[Dawa]

as we all know, our hood hinges are weak from the get go, 

add 40 or so years to the equation and they arent lookin any better.

 

add the fact that i didnt close my hood all the way, got on a street &

had my hood fly open & fold over backwards and probably distort the hood hinges....

 

anyways, has anyone done a diy/self improvement of their hood hinges?

reinforced the mounting and hinges themselves?

or install one of the universal type kits that are out there?

 

also, i was lookin into piecing together hood struts/dampers.

 

if all this cold be done in a single package that would be the shit.

 

here are some examples ive found.

 

to me, the problem with these kits are that theyre
1, too expensive

2, too bulky/ we wouldnt have enough room to run em

3, are too strong OR i just cant think of where to mount them without distorting the thin, existing stock metal.

 

[riot936]

Yup. Well not on a datsun on an 87 chevy. Took 3/8" flat bar bolted where the hinge bolts to the hood. Cut to the length of the hood and bolted it to the hood near the front

[Dawa]

im lookin for 620 specific but do you have photos of what you did to your chevy?

[72240z]

Idk any datsun at all with bolt on aftermarket hinges. You can just copy the stock hinge but in 1/8" flat stock instead of the stock stamped (like >1/16th?) steel. No point re-inventing the wheel. 

[Dawa]

^thats probably what ill end up doing.

i just wanted to see that someone else had done it first (AND took photos)

to make things easier on me ahahah.

[riot936]

Sorry no pics man it was ten years ago. But I did get the info offline

[72240z]

I hear ya, never hurts to ask lol. 

[Farmer]

Struts for ya

 

 

 

[Dawa]

farmer, that yours?

[Farmer]

no.lol.     just a truck from 2010 Canby.  justshowing you a strut ideal