Tomorrow I will play around with some old shock damper hatch lifts from a mini van to see if they will work on a Tracker hood. Before I start I thought I would ask if anyone has had any success with this mod. Perhaps a certain vehicle has just right length shock dampers?

they make generic kits for the import tuner crowd that could be used as a starting point. Also Monroe makes and sells just the struts, fabbing up some brackets shouldnt be too hard. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MON-901322/