Hood Pins
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I want to install some hood pins but I'm worried that the lanyards will scratch the hood. Will the lanyards flop around a lot when driving on the highway?
#2
I also share your concern. I've been looking into locking hood pins, but I haven't found any that would work well. In order to install the pins on our cars the pin must be really long because the bar that you have to drill through is two sided and is about 3 inches thick (not solid).
I did purchase hood pins off ebay a couple weeks ago and when I took them to a shop to have them installed that's when I found out that the pins were not long enough.
I did purchase hood pins off ebay a couple weeks ago and when I took them to a shop to have them installed that's when I found out that the pins were not long enough.
#3
Guys....Steeda has the Sparco Hood Pins They Work I have them on my car and they don't need lanyards. They work great.
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The one thing that I'm worried about with the pins that don't have a lanyard is that anyone can take the pins out. Could someone walking by your car in a parking log just yank the pins out and steal them.
#9
Yes and that happened to one of the members from this site. Someone took his pins, he didn't know it and drove away. Hood flew up and did major damage. Worst part was, he just finished installing his custom hood just a short time before this happened. It was such a nice hood too ![Frown](https://themustangsource.com/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif)
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#10
Originally posted by mustangspeeder@January 25, 2006, 2:34 PM
No, the pins are screwed into the enginebay and the only way to remove them would be to open the hood.
No, the pins are screwed into the enginebay and the only way to remove them would be to open the hood.
#11
Ah, ok...thanks for the clarification. All of the ones I have been looking at have been "locking hood pins" which require a key to open. In that case there is no way to steal them without opening the hood.
#12
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O.K. here are the photos of the Pins in the engine compartment. Reference location for pin placement is indention in the core support by the headlight strap. The slide pins can’t be removed from the hood as the scuff plate captures them if you will notice in the earlier post.
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O.K. here are the photos of the Pins in the engine compartment. Reference location for pin placement is indention in the core support by the headlight strap. The slide pins can’t be removed from the hood as the scuff plate captures them if you will notice in the earlier post.
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#14
Being as my car is the press car from 2005, Steeda installed them before I took delivery of the car. This does how ever say a lot for the quality of the pins because this car has been in the hands of many a driver and editor who have opened and closed the hood who know how many times and the pins are in excellent shape. I would assume that you have to remove the bumper to remove the headlights. We had to on our SEMA car when we were working on it. If I were you I would just call out to Steeda and ask for Chad or Steve they are the ones who would know because they are the guys assembling the cars in the shop.
#16
Originally posted by mustangspeeder@January 25, 2006, 3:17 PM
Do you know if Steeda (or another company) makes a black hood pin instead lf silver?
Do you know if Steeda (or another company) makes a black hood pin instead lf silver?
#19
Originally posted by TKEUofM@January 25, 2006, 3:31 PM
About the guy who's hood flew open.... i'm confused....... Even if the hood pin latches were removed, wouldn't the stock hood latch still be holding the hood down?
About the guy who's hood flew open.... i'm confused....... Even if the hood pin latches were removed, wouldn't the stock hood latch still be holding the hood down?
Not if it was removed