’05-’15 Tacoma ULTIMATE Lift Hood Strut Kit
$96.95
- Our new ULTIMATE Lift Hood Strut Kit for 2nd Gen (’05-’15) Tacomas eliminates the prop rod and makes your engine compartment free and clear of obstacles.
- One-handed hood opening and closing – the struts lift the hood smoothly to its fully open position, and allow it to close and latch securely without slamming.
- High-Lift capability allows you to increase the open hood height by up to 8 inches above the stock prop rod height, for better lighting and access to all your engine projects. Choose the desired height during installation, and the hood will open to that position every time.
- Complete kit with premium OEM-quality components includes two enameled gloss black high-lift hood struts, heavy gauge gloss black powder coated brackets, all required installation hardware, and illustrated step-by-step installation instructions. Even a drill bit stopper is included to make drilling safer.
- Easy installation in under 30 minutes.
- 5 year warranty.
- 100% Made in USA.
- Designed and tested to work with all stock 2nd Gen Tacomas.
- Contact us if you have non-stock additions or alterations under the hood along the inner fenders. We’ve worked with customers to accommodate many unusual situations.
66 reviews for ’05-’15 Tacoma ULTIMATE Lift Hood Strut Kit
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john p. (verified owner) –
Worked every bit as advertised and as expected. Should consider UPS or FedEx versus the snail mail. (2 weeks, I would pay the up-charge. Thanks for a fun day project and great instructions.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Great product! Researched a few products. Liked the fact it’s here in USA . Installation was simple. Instructions were easy to understand. Only wish I had a different pop rivet tool. My hands are not as strong as they used to be. Overall I highly recommend it to anyone looking to purchase hood struts.
ANDREW SMITH (verified owner) –
Great product a must for the Tacoma install was easy!!!
Eduardo (verified owner) –
Easy instructions to follow and easy install. Solid build quality and even came with a spare rivet in case I fudge something up. Would recommend for sure!
mw d. (verified owner) –
Super easy install & so much simpler to open ! Had become so used to my 4r , that forgot how heavy damn thing is & mine is rhino-lined ! Thx folks
Rosealee (verified owner) –
They are installed and my husband loves it! Local garage install and was reported it was easy Peazy. Thanks for the quick shipping.
tom (verified owner) –
Excellent product. Install was easy. Instructions were very clear! Struts made opening the hood easy ,compared to having to manually lift a heavy hood. would highly recommend adding them to your TACO.
Joe (verified owner) –
Struts are very powerful compared to competitors. might even be able to get away with just one – even for this heavy hood – but I installed both. They are longer than competitor’s due to extended opening height option and end up closing over the battery close to the negative terminal but they do clear thanks to the hood bracket being set back. However, I did invest in a negative battery terminal cover just to be safe. Also, I did choose to mount lower brackets about an inch forward of the seamed area in a nice little notch on the fender as the bracket seemed to fit better there and I didn’t have to shave the seam seal off. Install was quick and easy and instructions were well illustrated but it took a bit to get my head around not needing to measure.
Dave W. (verified owner) –
After watching the install videos online it was an easy install. Looks good. Works good.
Youseth Y. (verified owner) –
Excellent product. Installation and instructions was easy.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Hood struts were as advertised. Good instructions, packaged well, good quality parts and finishes. Took me about an hour to do the job once I had all the parts and tools organized. Once you do the first side and are comfortable with the install the second side takes half the time.
Scott Shiplet (verified owner) –
Product work great. The directions were spot on. Would buy again from this company. They were great
Michael (verified owner) –
Excellent product and outstanding customer service!
Bryan S. (verified owner) –
Excellent product, easy instructions. Kit was missing a rivet or this would be 5 stars.
Adrian R. (verified owner) –
Great item and quick shipping!!!
Tad Hayashida (verified owner) –
Great product, why did I wait so long to purchase?
Adrian Ramón Jr (verified owner) –
Great product and an easy install!!! I have the ditch lights and mounted my hood with clearance for them.
joe mendez (verified owner) –
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Very easy to install and instructions were included.
Harold T. (verified owner) –
Excellent product, easy installation and works great!!!!
Mitch (verified owner) –
Easy install and quickly fixes what Toyota forgot!
Long (verified owner) –
Good product. Appears to be made with quality material.
Easy installation. Minimal adjustment. You’ll need to get a 3/16″ rivet gun.
Michael Y. (verified owner) –
Great product! Easy to install.
Colby Dean (verified owner) –
Much easier to install than I thought. A little freaky drilling into the hood, but just take your time. The drill bit stopper was a bit cheap and got ruined on my first hole. Love opening the hood now just to watch it raise up.
Roland (verified owner) –
Excellent product and great instructions . I was missing one rivet but no big deal i had some
Tim M. (verified owner) –
Great instructions! High quality parts. Went in easy and it works well… as expected.
bill merrick (verified owner) –
Great product and easy to install. Makes it easy to raise the hood on my lifted Tacoma.
Robin (verified owner) –
Really happy with the product, so nice to have the hood lift itself open and no longer have the prop rod in your way, easy to install, wish I knew about these things years ago, would definitely recommend them.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Straightforward installation, solid connections, good results. Well worth the cost.
Wayne Edwards (verified owner) –
Easy to install. Rivets seem to hold brackets well. A nice upgrade for my 05 Tacoma.
andrew tipton (verified owner) –
Excellent product, easy to install, sense of accomplishment when done.
robert kleiner (verified owner) –
Chesley Milam (verified owner) –
Absolutely love these. No more prop rod getting in the way. I’ve already shown and told several people about them. Thank you for a fantastic product.
Jason (verified owner) –
Great price and quality when you compare to the other options.
Chris Beckner (verified owner) –
This was a great investment. Total install time from gathering tools, reading instructions through completion was about 30 min. Now when I open my hood, I literally use one finger to unhook the catch, raise the hood about 3 inches and it finishes raising on its own. In addition, I have more room to work and natural lightning cause these raise higher than the OEM prop. If you are on the fence, or considering other options let me tell you there is nothing better out there. I am hoping that Spiker develops a strut for the tailgate next.
Louis (verified owner) –
Great fit. Kit was complete. Install took a bit over an hour but I was being deliberate and rechecked everything. They shipped a second kit without any hassles by UPS after the first got stuck in the holiday mail delays. Kept me up to date on status. Great customer service.
Ben (verified owner) –
Great product. Pretty straight forward to install.
Chau Nguyen (verified owner) –
Love it
Chris L. (verified owner) –
Great product! Install was easy and they work great. They look oem quality. Very happy with my purchase. Highly recommended.
Brad (verified owner) –
The struts work great! Happy with the initial results so far. Easy to install, excellent customer service, well-written installation instructions, and good videos really helped a lot.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Great product easy installation
Bill B. (verified owner) –
excellent product, just as advertised
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Easy to install and works wonderfully
David (verified owner) –
Great product, easy to read and follow instructions. No issues with the install and works great.
Kenneth (verified owner) –
Quick, easy installation. Love it.
Chris (verified owner) –
I was working on my breaks and ask my brother to install the pistons on my hood. I was hoping it wasn’t to big of a project but the time I was down he already finished. Super easy to install and the directions were great!
Casey M. (verified owner) –
Outstanding product will recommend to my friends
Alvon A. (verified owner) –
Happy with the product. Easy install and makes a difference with the functionality of the hood. Would recommend to others to buy.
Richard (verified owner) –
Opens up easily
Jay D. (verified owner) –
This was one of the easiest installs I’ve done. This product is great and instructions were clear and easy to follow!
Jarrett B. (verified owner) –
So-far, so-great! Works flawlessly and so effortless that my 7 year old can open the hood.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
These things are awesome!!!
Arthur P. (verified owner) –
Very Awesome love it!
Joe (verified owner) –
Struts where easy to install. Instructions are straight forward. If you are contemplating this mod, just do it. You won’t regret it.
Steve C. (verified owner) –
Love the hood struts,should have bought them long ago
Austinguy (store manager) –
Installed @SpikerEng hood struts yesterday. Very simple to install and function flawlessly. I was able to get an additional 4” of opening clearance even with my ditch lights.
Matthew B. (verified owner) –
This item was really easy to install. I recommend watching the YouTube video just to get an idea of where to place the brackets. The instructions that come with the parts are very thorough but all the pics are close up. It would be great if they could add 1 or 2 shots of the whole front of the truck, with the hood open so you can see where to add the mounts. Total time was less than an hour. The included rivets are very sturdy– my crappy old pop riveter broke during this install. No worries, always happy to purchase new tools! I’m very impressed with these struts.
SPIKER Engineering (store manager) –
Thank you for the suggestion – we’ll add a couple of pictures of the entire installation to the instructions.
Vincent (verified owner) –
Nice product, works as expected, much safer then factory support. install is easy with good hardware. The customer service is excellent went above and beyond. Thanks again.
victor garcia (store manager) –
I installed the struts today and they are awesome, I should’ve done this years ago, thank you very much!
Sang (verified owner) –
Ease of installation, appearance, and easy to follow instructions. Great product.
Casey White –
Great product, great customer service, fast shipping.
Would recommend to any and all Taco aficionados.
52387 –
Received as described, thank you.
Joshua S Tyler –
Fantastic product, shipped quickly. The components are very well made and I was impressed with the finish on them. Instructions were easy to follow and the installation itself was also easy.
I highly recommend this product.
Dave B. (verified owner) –
Easy to install and they function perfectly. Hood closes nicely with no binding and without altering the hood-to-fender line/gap. I would definitely recommend.
jose Gonzalez (verified owner) –
Amazing product and quick delivery. Install instructions were very clear and simple to follow. Wish I would have installed this a long time ago.
David (store manager) –
Amazing before and after! Love to see your passion to make Taco drivers’ lives better!