Well, I finally got the guts and time to install my hood pins. These are the Shelby stainless steel hood pins. Installation wasn't too bad, except that the stainless steel screws kept breaking.

I love the way they make the car look.

 

Looks good. I had the same problem with the screws. Problem was when they bind on the second piece of metal.

 

 

looks good.

 

COOL man!

[yeah I took Adrenalin's advice when we did mine regarding being craeful with that second level of hood metal and had no breaking issues... did I ever say thanks John? Thanks John!}

 

how many screws did you go through?

 

I broke at least 8 screws. 1 broke off right at the hood level, so I couldn't back it out. I used a top from another broken screw to cap it so it doesn't look like crap.

 

I like the look, but wasn't gonna drill holes in my hood so I got the CDC stick on kind!

 

I was wondering if any one was selling the stick on kind .... good stuff
can you post a close up picture for us please?

 

Hey Guys!
I'm the new dude!
I just ordered the same ones from Shelby, was it very hard to put them on.

Did you use a small drill bit and placed the hood pin covers on the hood where you wanted them to be and started drilling into the hood?

I'm I close?

Thanks
Denny

 

I think I would try and get a tap to thread the holes before I tried putting the screws in, or do you think you drilled the holes a tad to small?
I would say get a few extra screws Denny measure 3 times and drill once

 

What my brother and I did - drill the pilot hole first with the small bit. Then using a slightly larger bit, hit the bottom hole from underneath with that to open them up a bit. Then when you install the screw, you will not get bound up on the bottom sheet of metal.

We did this and didn't break a screw.


(and thanks to the added airflow into the engine bay from the CDC black billet grill with no fogs, I did these for the practical reason and not purely as a visual mod - got way too distracted by hoodshake at high speeds)

 

Thanks a lot guys!

 

Yup, that is the way to do it

 

3m is used on the stick on??? also was thinking about them also..