Miata Mailing List: January 1999, Message #450

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Not if you buy the right one.  Get the No Drill unit from PBC.

pt wrote:

> In all honesty, I installed one but I'd say you should reconsider
> doing same.  Because it makes your hood not close flush / line up.
> This makes the car look like it's been wrecked.  Some say when the
> strut wears out it will relax it's push on the hood but that might be
> years from now?  I'm thinking of drilling the strut to blow it out,
> then use one of those manual strut locks to hold the hood up.  But I
> don't drive the car much anyways so...

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