Redline Tuning 21-11025-02 Hood QuickLIFT Plus Bolt in Struts Compatible with Ford Focus 2012-2018 (All Black Components)

What I dearly Love about the struts is, the wrestling match with the Hood Support Rod is OVER! and I WON!What I didn't like was the attaching of the Strut Mounts to the hood. The measurements her are critical. Close doesn't count, like in horse shoes, lawn darts and hand grenades. I looked at several hood strut mounting videos, I tried the water marker pen, masking tape and duct tape throughout my process. Duct Tape (Originally DUCK TAPE when it was developed for the military during the Second War) and that seemed to be the cat's Meow for maintaining a position that would allow the loosening, mounting and tightening of the nuts on the hood with the least movement of the hood when both mounts were loosened. I reset the passenger side 3 times to get it to close and feel right, without the strut attached. (Probably inexperience hiad a large involvement in that)The Drivers side seemed easy. No washer line to move and no trimming of the gasket to remove the excess material, Duct Tape to more positively maintain the relative positions of the Hood and Hinge. I had no clearance problems there.The homework was done by Red Line with the struts. They allow the hood to be unlatched, then lifted a bit, then the struts take control of opening of the hood. Closing is easy, even with a hood that before needed to be dropped to get that latch to hold.I have Red Line Hood Struts on my other two vehicles, a 2020 Ford Escape, and a 2007 Ford Mustang Convertible. All of them took some wrestling with the prop rod and hood to get it secured open. Now, unlatch, lift a little and the struts do the rest, securely. One prop will hold the hood in the open position without any thought of it closing unexpectedly.Recommend the Red Line Struts to my friends and family, that I surely will.

Love them, i now simply open the latch and the hood goes up on its own. Have had them for about almost a year now and they’re still going on strong, install is very straight forward and simple. Definitely would recommend

Good instructions. Took about 20 minutes to install. Very happy with the way the hood operates with these gas cylinders. Took a few extra minutes to trim the plastic out of the way when the strut all the way down, but seemed like a good idea to keep it from binding.

Took me about 10 minutes to install, came with very simple instructions and all I used was a 10mm socket and ratchet. Must have product, at a fair price.

It's a simple design made well. I've used these on my previous Mustangs, so I wanted it for my Focus ST. For anyone that works on cars a lot, the prop rod is more than annoying. I highly recommend this.

This is so much better than the OEM hood prop, super easy to install, fits great, looks so much better, plus no need to worry about propping the hood up. 10/10 would recommend

I know what you are doing, you are searching through all the different brands and models for hood struts. Look no further. I did not trust the cheaper models that were generic and I was recommended for Redline. I got this installed in 15 minutes with ease. One of the clips did not fit on all the way, so i called customer support and they shipped me a new clip expedited same day! Plus this is a great strut system, pure bolt in so no drilling and it is absolutely perfect. Instructions are easy to follow. Get this one.

They work well the fine detail left something to be desired. The driver side fender bracket had to be cut down so it didn't create a horrible fender gap, probably no fault of the product as im pretty sure this car had a mild front end hit at some point in its life. What got me was the hood brackets were bubbling under the paint. If not for that would have been 5 star. They are strong lift the hood themselves from about 40% open. As they reach fully open, they slow down for the last inch or so so your hood doesn't look like one of those doorstop springs you used to piss your parents off playing with.