Well its Christmas time again and I am going to get the new Trufiber GTR hood. I am looking to add hood pins to the hood and was wondering if anyone could tell me which hood pins would work best w/o having to be raised w/ an extra bolt. I like the 64.95 hood pins on the Shelby website but if anyone knows of any hood pins that look the same as those and are cheaper and will work w/ that hood I am open to any suggestions.

 

I'm getting the Steeda ones installed when my GTS2 is painted Jan 14. I hope they don't have to be raised Anyways I paid 46 with deivery from STILLEN. Post pics of yours when done. Got any pics now??

 

The Ford Racing pins look good and a great price to boot.

 

Not right now. I haven't ordered it yet. I was waiting on the response I got about the hood pins. I am having the hood delivered to my body shop and wanted to order the hood pins first once I figured out once I figured out which ones didn't need to be modified. Is the website you got yours from Stillenmotorsports.com?

 

Yes,I just clicked on the link Page(authorized rep for Stillen )provided on one of the threads. I think it was a hood pin thread as well.

 

I was reading some other posts and it seems that a 5 inch pin is required for the S197 hoods. Does that sound right to you guys.

 

I like the Aerocatch ones. Definately not cheaper than the Shelby though.

http://www.deftracing.com/aerocatch_hood_pins/index.htm

 

never seen anything like those before. personally i actually like the classic "pin" look with them sticking out. just says MUSCLE in my opinion

 

I looked around last night and decided on the torison style hood pins from Shelby Automotive. I just bought those b/c they were specifically for the S197 and hopefully won't have to be modified. They were double the rest but I probably won't ever own a Shelby, so I can at least say I've got his hood pins. Just kidding. Now I am going to order the hood. If everything goes well I will have the hood and pins done by the 1st week of the year. As soon as I am done I will post pictures. I'm going to have to figure out how to do that though. I have never posted pictures here and am not sure how to. If anyone can pm me on this procedure I would appreciate it.

 

It's easy , when you post go Advanced and at the bottom will be a manage attachments button. From that you browse for the pictures on your computer. Once you have all you want , click on the upload button and it will put them into the post as thumb nails ...

 

I know that I posted this thread a while back. I was catching up on my posts and figured I'd give an update. I am waiting on the hood from Trufiber. They said it should ship the end of January. As soon as it comes in and I get it painted I will post pictures. I finally mastered the whole posting pictures thing. The wait is killing me. All I have right now is a box with some hood pins in it and my imagination.

 

Don't you just hate it when the manufactures don't appreciate the importance of instant gratification ...

 

Yeah I missed the whole point of that saying that,"patience is a virtue." That person must have not had a mustang.

 

Which ones are those?

 

Those were the ones with pins that had the flip over circle and just the regular base, not the ones w/ the raised base circle on the hood.

 

My hood should be here today, so I will post pictures of the raw product for people to see. My guy who will paint it is going to come over tonight and check it out. I know there have been some questions as to the quality of the hood on other threads. I think it will be fine.

 

I just ordered the black Shelby pins from Shelby performance parts. They should be here before the weekend. Ill hopefully have pix by next week to see how they look and clear the new KR hood.