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95opal

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Well for my own piece of mind I istalled my hood pins this week. I know alot of you guys dont like them but I have my reasons. After freaking out over the holes I drilled in my nice hood, I settled down once I saw how they looked. Beleave me Ive been tossing this around in my head all winter but now that there finally in, Im diggin them. What do you think? Heres some pics of them.





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95BlueStallion

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I like em! They give the car a little more attitude. But better yet, I like bubblewrap on the seats. Thats fun for hours!
 

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Rich, could they have been installed with a smaller washer under the lock on the top of the hood? I think they look good, but if that washer was smaller I think it'd look a little better. These are the same style hood pins that I want to run as i don't want the traditional "pins."
 

Chythar

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Did you remove the regular hood latch? Those locks don't look like they're very strong. I do like how they look tho.
 

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I like them, then again I like your whole car

BTW, must be nice to have a lift in your garage.
 

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Very nice, low profile, clean, no wires How do you un/lock it? Is that a Steeda hood? I want one for my car.
 

69clark

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Nice and clean!
 

95opal

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Paul...... The plates that the locks are on come with the kit and have a special slot for the lock to sit in along with a gasket. You also get a plate for the under side of the hood to secure the lock.


Chythar.....No i didnt remove the stock latch these locks were added for safety and piece of mind.



earleys94gt.... Funny thing is that lift has been sitting off to the side of my garage for the past year or so. I just got it all set up with in the last month and yeah it is nice to have. BTW thanks for the compliments.

StadEMS3.....The locks have a key to them and the hood is a saleen heat extractor from abcexlusive.
 

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I have never really seen hood pins on a 94-98...never really looked for them either...

I have never seen pins like that before? From what it looks like, there is a rotor of some kind in the hood mount part that spins to lock into the stud? Do you get some kind of key to turn the rotor to unlock it?

Looks good. I think the opal color actually hides them a little.
 
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LOVE those pins. a buddy of mine has them.... if anything, that would be my choice of pin
 

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could we possibly get the brand of these pins?
 

95opal

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95cbr331 said:
could we possibly get the brand of these pins?
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They are from Trans dapt. I dont remember the part # off hand, but when I am down at my shop today I will look and post it up later along with a few better shots.
 

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get a close up of them locked please.

i think it looks good from one hood pinned guy to another
 

95opal

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ProKiller said:
get a close up of them locked please.
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This is as close as I could get and a couple of better ones. It was nice out today so I pulled it out of hibernation and took a blast.


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ProKiller

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thats really nice. good pictures.
 

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part # 4062. I bought my clear diff cover from them.
 

95opal

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Bosko5.0 said:
part # 4062. I bought my clear diff cover from them.
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Thanks Bosko... I almost forgot about the part # but the one you listed is the one.
 

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You bastard! I wish I could get my car out!
 

95opal

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69clark said:
You bastard! I wish I could get my car out!
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Well it was a nice little treat to take it out today, even if it was only for a short blast. Remember you drove yours longer than I did last year so a little head start for me= the last part of fall for you. haha.... Plus you dam well know your car is blocked in by monds of SNOW.

Dont worry that was just a little taste for me, shes back on the lift awaiting the rest of the nitrous goodies.


Tom... since your online now here is a pic of the mototr after i polished the master cylinder. Dont look at the piece of dust on my dizzy. lol

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My body shop guy has a set of hood pins like I've never seen before. They were suppose to get me a set like on his car but ordered normal pins and then never put them on anyway. I'm really considering after the engine swap having a set installed. I'll have to see if I can have him get me a pic of them.


Looks good Rich. I think you need to leave the car alone a few days and clean your garage
 
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