Fiberglass hoods....Pins yes or no?

TT91 · Apr 14, 2004

deal with it, dont raise the hood that high, or remove the wipers if u do..

RsStanG1987 · Apr 14, 2004

I have pins on my car . I diddnt put them on till i was doing 50 and the latch poped. Thankfully the safty hook on the latch caught. No i use pins and the stock latch. I think MR. gasket sells pins for like 20 dollars and they come with wire to hold the pins so you dont loose them.

WICKED50LTR · Apr 14, 2004

i dont get it i was down at Englishtown Raceway Park watchin Mustang Showdown and im seeing every stang with a fiberglass hood doing over 100 mphs and not one of them had hood pins!?!?

1Slow5oh · Apr 14, 2004

Ive seen a whole boat load of cars with out pins that have fiberglass hoods. I thought mine was secure untill i was going to school about 2 weeks ago and looked down for a second and looked up and POW!!! primer hood in my face... luckily i was only going 45 and the cowl of the hood came back and hit the wipers and dident come back fare enought to hit window... only minimal damage to wiper blades/panel before window and it chiped my hood.

USE HOOD PINS!!!!
unless you got spare windows and hoods

DemonGT · Apr 14, 2004

i have a stormin normin hood that i have yet to get painted..i also have some ford racing hood pins in a box in the garage..should i have them installed before or after its painted? also...any ideas how much it will cost to paint?

04sleeper · Apr 14, 2004

black92gt said:
89sleeper, just one question.. I have that same hood, and it hits the winshield wipers, do you just deal with that or did you fix it in some way?

Thanks.

I sanded the hood down on the back of the cowl carefully until it just cleared. I spent a good day sanding and fitting before I painted it.

madonionrs · Apr 14, 2004

Does this apply to people with stock hoods??

Stang951 · Apr 16, 2004

I had a fiberglass L-88 hood on my Camaro. It bolted to the hinges and had pins in the front. One night someone stole the pins. I even had oil and temp gauges under the cowl vent. On the way to work that morning, the hood flew off, did a few summersaults and landed in the road. All the while hot oil was splashing onto my windshield and through the sunroof. Luckily there was only a small dent in the roof, but I had to make the hood a pin-on after that.

Pins are insurance that your investment does not get wrecked (hood, cowl, windshield, roof, possibly more. They are totally up to you.

5spd GT · Apr 16, 2004

So is there any ways to keep your fiberglass hood from flying off without using pins...(I would like a real clean look)...3 inch cowl waiting to go on...

Kdubslugga · Apr 16, 2004

YES YES YES YES YES YES GET THE HOOD PINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY HOOD JUST FLEW UP TODAY!!! IT SUCKS!!!!!!!! GET THEM NOW

TT91 · Apr 16, 2004

5spd GT said:
So is there any ways to keep your fiberglass hood from flying off without using pins...(I would like a real clean look)...3 inch cowl waiting to go on...

Just using my head..

Make sure u have a good latch assembly, no hood pins. Make, or aquire a small lanyard, like the ones that come with the hood pins, and rig up something underneth the hood. If the latch does fail, the hood may fly open a few inches but the lanyards, which will be connected from the front underside of the hood(somehow), to a mounting point near the radiator, will prevent the hood from opening. Of course they will be easily removable, like rapping one end around a bolt, but it will be up to you to be sure they are installed and secured properly....Just use ur imagination, its not hard to create a fixture to keep your hood down from the inside.

1991vert · Apr 16, 2004

i have the same hood and the same pins. i had them installed before it was painted so nothing would accidently "slip" and scratch my paint. install them the right way also, dont put them in place of the hood rubber stops.

TT91 · Apr 16, 2004

Kdubslugga said:
YES YES YES YES YES YES GET THE HOOD PINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY HOOD JUST FLEW UP TODAY!!! IT SUCKS!!!!!!!! GET THEM NOW

Damage report right now, est speed of travel, ect ect ect.

TT91 · Apr 16, 2004

1991vert said:
i have the same hood and the same pins. i had them installed before it was painted so nothing would accidently "slip" and scratch my paint. install them the right way also, dont put them in place of the hood rubber stops.

You CAN put them in place of the rubber hood stops. Just install a few rubber grommets over the nut that hold the hood pin assembly in place. Thats what iv got done, easy and simple. If the hood doesnt sit right, add or remove grommets.

promustang · Apr 16, 2004

pins on

1991vert · Apr 16, 2004

you can do that but it looks like crap. plus with the flex of the fiberglass and not having the right height on the rubber going over the pins can cause the hood to crack. plus it looks stupid with 2 hood pins so close together. just my opinion....

if you were to do it your way with that hood, the pins would be like right where the hood scoops do that wavy thing coming down to the nose and they'd be like lopsided. believe me i had my uncle look at it and he said it'd look best this way even though i showed him how to do it your way.

DemonGT · Apr 16, 2004

no way...it looks alot better with the pins where the factory hood bumpers are...and i have the same hood as 1991vert and the factory hood bumpers are about two inches inward from where yours are...there not where the hood waves at all

ComfortablyNumb · Apr 16, 2004

i have a stormin normin hood that i have yet to get painted..i also have some ford racing hood pins in a box in the garage..should i have them installed before or after its painted? also...any ideas how much it will cost to paint?

Im in the same boat, Anyone?

HyPer-50 · Apr 16, 2004

I'd suggest anyone who is thinking about getting a fiberglass hood without any kind of support to hold it down read this: http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=452653 Go ahead and get some pins, atleast 2 in the front... Dont wanna destroy your brand new hood lol..

cardudeusa · Apr 16, 2004

ComfortablyNumb said:
Im in the same boat, Anyone?

Yeah, I'd put the pins in before it was painted. Thats how I have done mine.

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