As a structural engineer, it is easy to just overlook the obvious and go get just any strut...but what many do not realize is the long term possible damage should the wrong gas spring and mounting brackets not be the proper materials and products once installed if you open and close your hood alot. The angle, newton loadings, gas spring quality, and length are all important. Now, no it isn't rocket science design work by no means, but if your not careful you can damage your hood. Our P5's are not to user friendly for this mod, as I already been scrathing my head. For one, there isn't a whole lot of room for the gas spring to compress and hide away properly. My designs are geared to look as OEM as possible too, which I've achieved for the most part. I'll take a harder look this weekend and see if I can design or start something...Peace!