Hood Dampers are available to simplify things by eliminating your hood prop for a cleaner looking engine bay and it makes performing maintenance a little easier as you won't be working around your factory hood prop. If you participate in car shows while displaying your engine bay, the hood prop can be a little bit of an eyesore, and if you're one to perform your own maintenance, then having hood dampers makes wrenching on all angles around the front and side of your vehicle much easier.