Hood Pins

l3lue · Jul 20, 2007

My car had hood pins and a latch inside the car...so i took out the hood latch but now i'm kinda afraid of the hood flying up since i only have hood pins holding it down...is there any extra precautions i can take to make sure that my hood pins will indeed hold the hood down? or should i just stop bein a puss and jus go with it lol

5pointGO · Jul 20, 2007

stop being a puss i kid i kid lol well if im sure nothing will happen some track cars reach speeds of almost 200 and they are fine so i mean you should be ok but if your not kool with that just put that latch back on or some bungies lol

JJs89lx · Jul 20, 2007

5pointGO said:
stop being a puss i kid i kid lol well if im sure nothing will happen some track cars reach speeds of almost 200 and they are fine so i mean you should be ok but if your not kool with that just put that latch back on or some bungies lol

DMAN302 · Jul 20, 2007

If your hood pins can't hold it down....you've got bigger issues....they will hold, and then some.

samickguy15 · Jul 20, 2007

They will be fine as long as they are in place. Just remember that some people like to take them out so unless you check every time you go somewhere I might suggest some of the locking ones or some sort of backup such as the stock safety latch. You can disconnect the regular latch and leave the safety in place.

4G-KDMP · Jul 20, 2007

l3lue said:
My car had hood pins and a latch inside the car...so i took out the hood latch but now i'm kinda afraid of the hood flying up since i only have hood pins holding it down...is there any extra precautions i can take to make sure that my hood pins will indeed hold the hood down? or should i just stop bein a puss and jus go with it lol

why did you remove the metal latch? that's the reason most hoods fly up is because the latch has be removed i think ... or if someone forgets to check that they closed the hood all the way after they opened to check on something is another.

Ghost001 · Jul 21, 2007

I hear the same story over and over. A guy works on or looks at his engine, forgets to put the hood pins back on, drives with the hood pins off without realizing it, and his hood flies up when doing 60 mph, damaging lots of stuff.

If I were you, I'd put the stock latch back on, because there's always a chance that you'll forget to put the hood pins on.

90bluegt · Jul 21, 2007

I haven't had a hood latch on my car for about 4 years now. Have yet to have the hood fly-up or forgot to put the pins in. I do have the safety latch as well, but the metal latch for releasing the hood is gone..

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