Aftermarket Hood Question

[OrangeMustangGt]

the only problem I have had was them rusting. make sure 100% of the parts are stainless..IIRC, the autozones will rust, and the ford racing pins are ss, but the clips will rust!

 

[Adam95GT]

Yeah I was wondering about the fogging in the cooler temps. I'll deal w/ that when the time comes. I'll give you a call tomorrow after I get out of work about saturday.



I assume you can still use the latch, I intended on it.

Do you have any of under the hood where you mounted the pins?

My latch was nasty looking... i deemed it unfit to go with the rest of my engine bay.

I welded my top nut to the metal... just tapped them lightly with a rubber mallet to straiten them out.

i lost my stops so i used ones from a FC rx7 we had in the yard.

i cut a small slit in the underside of the hood to get the striker plates inside. then riveted the top plates in place

You can see the holes i had to cut in the underside to get the striker plates up and in.

The yellow car is my best friends cobra.

 

[Venom351R]

oh so you put them through the factory holes where the hood stops were?


From what Ive been reading your are suppose to use the hood latch unless you are running a total of 4 pins, 2 more in the back.

 

[Adam95GT]

oh so you put them through the factory holes where the hood stops were?

yea turned the pins in to stops.

 

[95opal]

Travis dont disregard the stock latch use it in conjunction with the pins.

 

[Venom351R]

yea turned the pins in to stops.

Were you still able to use the factory rubber stops on the pins or were yours just missing anyway and thats why you used the RX-7 ones?

Travis dont disregard the stock latch use it in conjunction with the pins.

Yeah I was not going to rich even if there was an option not to use it. It does offer quite a bit of holding power.

the only problem I have had was them rusting. make sure 100% of the parts are stainless..IIRC, the autozones will rust, and the ford racing pins are ss, but the clips will rust!

Wonder if there is anything you can coat the clips with to keep them from rusting? I figured the auto zone ones would from what I read in the link I posted about the install. Anything that is cheap is cheaper for a reason

 

[ProKiller]

i still use my latch. If not, then anyone can walk right up and pop your hood. at least the stock latch has a locking feature. i can get pics similar to Adams if you want them.

you can see they are also mounted in the stock bumper stop location. i think the bumpers are the stock ones drilled out actually.

 

[Venom351R]

thanks killer, yeah if you have any additional pics that would be great.

 

[02 281 GT]

The problem I have with those locks is that they don't look very strong. If you pair them with the stock hood latch, then they may be fine as a supplemental reinforcement.

I'm particularly fond of the Aerocatch locks, myself: AeroCatch

That looks like good stuff. The C-17s I work on have similar latches on all of the exterior servicing panel doors.

 

[ProKiller]

thanks killer, yeah if you have any additional pics that would be great.

i'll see about taking some this weekend.

 

[ProKiller]

underside of hood

the back of the rail hasn't been touched.

 

[cantbuytime]

Thanks for the link on the Aerocatch latchs. They are a lil costly but I really like them..

I was going to use 1 hood pin under the hood for safety, to keep the hood down just incase the latch failed..

No offense to anyone but IMO-having the chrome pins protruding through any hood thats not a race car, just looks ridiculous.. JMO

The hood pins with cables look cool but after a while your paint will see the consequences from the flapping cables.

Last - I like the cheap pins that take a key better then the ones with a pin..But like I said They just dont look that great to me..

 

[Venom351R]

Thanks killer.


I doubt the cable type do much to the paint at all. They are pretty common and Ive never read anything on them being hard on the paint.

 

[Tanus]

if you have pins do you still need the latch???


I pinned mine but removed the latch. i used the ford racing kit.

you dont have to have the latch there, lift off hoods dont and stay on just fine.
as for anyone being able to pop your hood, I run little gold masterlocks instead of the pins

 

[Adam95GT]

Thanks for the link on the Aerocatch latchs. They are a lil costly but I really like them..

I was going to use 1 hood pin under the hood for safety, to keep the hood down just incase the latch failed..

No offense to anyone but IMO-having the chrome pins protruding through any hood thats not a race car, just looks ridiculous.. JMO

The hood pins with cables look cool but after a while your paint will see the consequences from the flapping cables.

Last - I like the cheap pins that take a key better then the ones with a pin..But like I said They just dont look that great to me..

Any good set of pins doesent have a metal cable they have plastic coated cables.