Why is the hood on the RAV4 so heavy?

Kinja'd!!! "Ryan A." (rba)
05/03/2015 at 15:25 • Filed to: None

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I was checking the car fluid on my girlfriend's RAV4. The hood was so heavy I thought it was still latched. Why is it so heavy? Sound proofing? Pedestrian protection?


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Kinja'd!!! TheHondaBro > Ryan A.
05/03/2015 at 15:27

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This face creeps me out.


Kinja'd!!! PatBateman > Ryan A.
05/03/2015 at 15:27

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Because you don't even lift, bro.


Kinja'd!!! For Sweden > PatBateman
05/03/2015 at 15:30

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Silly manlets thinking they can talk without permission


Kinja'd!!! PatBateman > For Sweden
05/03/2015 at 15:35

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Totally with you. I’m sick and tired of lesser men conversing on here.


Kinja'd!!! boxrocket > Ryan A.
05/03/2015 at 17:16

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No struts or springs? The hood on my and my wife's Mazda6s are notably heavier/harder to lift than that of the Volvo 760 I had, which had a hood so light-seeming it could be lifted with a pinky, and closed with the sound of a personal safe, a nice, solid thunk. However it had two struts to ease and support, whereas the Mazdas have just the hinge and a prop rod (and I'd like to find out if I can get a strut conversion because I hate prop rods, as they get in the way and require too much effort.


Kinja'd!!! Ryan A. > PatBateman
05/03/2015 at 17:44

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I’m used to lifting the aluminum hood on my FR-S, bro.


Kinja'd!!! Ryan A. > TheHondaBro
05/03/2015 at 17:45

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She looks like a wax figurine on a summer’s day.


Kinja'd!!! Wobbles the Mind > Ryan A.
05/03/2015 at 18:06

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Because Toyota didnt think people would ever lift the hood up.

Old saying, “the lighter the hood the more often you’ll have it up.”