MRT Hood Struts

[mpdonahuejr]

MRT currently has a hood strut kit for the 2020 Explorer. I attempted installing last night and the fit was off, hood wouldnt close, etc. I even had to cut some of hood bracket to fit in the spot allocated.

I removed the hardware, took photos, and reached out to the company. Waiting on their engineers to get back to me. Anyone successfully install these? Instructions were OK, online video was better, but still had a fit/finish issue. 30 minute install took 2.5 hours of headaches and frustrations and they still didnt work.

 

[UNBROKEN]

Redline Tuning struts fit.

 

[NWExplorerST]

Redline Tuning struts fit.

Did you install those?

 

[UNBROKEN]

Yes. They fit and work perfectly.

 

[kpkimmel1983]

Got mine today installed, no issues

 

[kpkimmel1983]

Post pics of your kit

 

[kpkimmel1983]

No response, you must have messed up the install and don’t want to admit it

 

[Jshaffer3819]

No response, you must have messed up the install and don’t want to admit it

Or maybe he’s just not on this forum everyday like most.


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[kpkimmel1983]

Or maybe he’s just not on this forum everyday like most.


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lol, his submission was over 10 days ago bud....

 

[Jshaffer3819]

lol, his submission was over 10 days ago bud....

Ok maybe he isn’t on there “all the time” or has other more important things to worry about. Bud?


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[kpkimmel1983]

Ok maybe he isn’t on there “all the time” or has other more important things to worry about. Bud?


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what the **** you even care? you should have just read it and moved on instead of trying to make a stand for someone you don't even know and know nothing of the situation beyond 'my mrt hood struts don't work'. Move on man, its not the first time you have been told to just mvoe on and mind your own business in this forum.

 

[schaggatron]

lol, his submission was over 10 days ago bud....

or a solution was found and they've moved on. That's an awfully big assumption on your part.

 

[schaggatron]

what the **** you even care? you should have just read it and moved on instead of trying to make a stand for someone you don't even know and know nothing of the situation beyond 'my mrt hood struts don't work'. Move on man, its not the first time you have been told to just mvoe on and mind your own business in this forum.

says the person sticking their nose in assuming someone else messed up.

 

[kpkimmel1983]

says the person sticking their nose in assuming someone else messed up.

cause I was going to help him since i've installed about 10 of these so far without issue. God, this is turning into the Mustang forums...

 

[Jshaffer3819]

what the **** you even care? you should have just read it and moved on instead of trying to make a stand for someone you don't even know and know nothing of the situation beyond 'my mrt hood struts don't work'. Move on man, its not the first time you have been told to just mvoe on and mind your own business in this forum.

What is your problem? What are you talking about? You must have me confused with someone Elase. Are you stalking me? Get a life.


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[patricklb1]

cause I was going to help him since i've installed about 10 of these so far without issue. God, this is turning into the Mustang forums...

So you've installed the MRT kit with no issue? I was getting ready to buy them until I saw this thread.

 

[patricklb1]

I bought the MRT hood struts and had the same problem, hood wouldn't shut properly. I sent pictures to customer service and they responded to try a couple of things and, if those don't work, "you may have to remove more of the plastic trim". I didn't do my research in advance of the purchase or I would have bought the Redline's. I just bit on the "the only no drill" line in their product description. I didn't look at the install video before I bought them to see how much you have to butcher the under hood trim to install them. Granted it's under the hood, but so are a lot of other things that people are buying to dress up the engine compartment. Chalking this one up to laziness and lesson learned.