Who's running hood pins?

[ChaneRZ]

Good job bro!

 

[Deviate]

So far my hood has stayed on at 155mph. The under body panel did not however since it was poorly secured lol

If memory serves me right you have the Seibon TS hood correct? Did you end up putting pins in?

 

[General_Vodka]

If memory serves me right you have the Seibon TS hood correct? Did you end up putting pins in?

I do. still haven't put pins on it tho.

 

[Deviate]

I do. still haven't put pins on it tho.

Appreciate the reply.I have a hood coming I'm not a big fan of hood pins. I figure with the speed you hit I should be fine with my 2.slow.as you lovingly called it a few weeks back. Hahaha!

 

[ggace]

Thank you for the reply @General_Vodka. I just finished up the installation of the hood pins today and took the car for a quick interstate pull. Only went to 110 mph, but the hood showed zero movement. I have all the confidence now that the hood won't move at higher speeds.

For anyone else who may be curious, the stock bolt locations in the strut braces closest to the hood latch will work for hood pins. I ended up using my tap and dye set and rethreaded the Quik-Latch pins so they could fit through the stock bolt hole locations. I have washers and nuts on top and bottom. Once I got the pins all mounted and the hood drilled, I adjusted the height of the pins to lock with the Quik-Latches once the hood was closed. The entire installation was done with the bumper off. That helps to adjust the pin height when you can see what's going on under the hood with the bumper off. After everything was properly adjusted and the hood was latching with the pins and the stock latch, I reinstalled the bumper. The black shroud easily fits over the hood pins when reinstalling the bumper. I am very happy with this installation vs fabricating a bracket for each side to mount the hood pins. I really didn't want to drill any holes in the black shroud (cover) or waste extra time fabricating brackets. It was much easier to rethread the pins. I can easily put the car back to stock since the factory bolts will still thread into place.

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I think this is easily the most functional & best looking option I have seen. Do you happen to recall which thread pitch you used for the pins? Going to give this same location a shot with my ark hood. Thanks for the help!

 

[FL Stinger]

I think this is easily the most functional & best looking option I have seen. Do you happen to recall which thread pitch you used for the pins? Going to give this same location a shot with my ark hood. Thanks for the help!

I ended up using a M8-1.25 to rethread the pin bolts. There isn't enough metal on the pins to rethread and expect them to actually thread into the stock brace locations. The pins are nearly the same diameter as the stock bolts. So, you have to remove enough metal from the pins for them to pass through the stock bolt holes. You'll need to grind the pins down a bit to remove the factory thread before you are able to rethread them to the new pitch. They easily fit through the stock bolt locations and are held in place by washers and nuts on top and bottom. This install is pretty easy as long as you remove the front bumper to see what you're doing. Removal of the bumper also helps to get the bottom washer and nut threaded onto the pins. Overall, the install went very well and turned out great. I have received several compliments in my local area about the install. The pins haven't shown any sign of movement since the day they went in. If you do go this route, just take your time and the result will be rewarding.

 

[ggace]

I ended up using a M8-1.25 to rethread the pin bolts. There isn't enough metal on the pins to rethread and expect them to actually thread into the stock brace locations. The pins are nearly the same diameter as the stock bolts. So, you have to remove enough metal from the pins for them to pass through the stock bolt holes. You'll need to grind the pins down a bit to remove the factory thread before you are able to rethread them to the new pitch. They easily fit through the stock bolt locations and are held in place by washers and nuts on top and bottom. This install is pretty easy as long as you remove the front bumper to see what you're doing. Removal of the bumper also helps to get the bottom washer and nut threaded onto the pins. Overall, the install went very well and turned out great. I have received several compliments in my local area about the install. The pins haven't shown any sign of movement since the day they went in. If you do go this route, just take your time and the result will be rewarding.

I appreciate the detailed reply! Thanks a bunch man.

 

[RogueIV]

Thank you for the reply @General_Vodka. I just finished up the installation of the hood pins today and took the car for a quick interstate pull. Only went to 110 mph, but the hood showed zero movement. I have all the confidence now that the hood won't move at higher speeds.

For anyone else who may be curious, the stock bolt locations in the strut braces closest to the hood latch will work for hood pins. I ended up using my tap and dye set and rethreaded the Quik-Latch pins so they could fit through the stock bolt hole locations. I have washers and nuts on top and bottom. Once I got the pins all mounted and the hood drilled, I adjusted the height of the pins to lock with the Quik-Latches once the hood was closed. The entire installation was done with the bumper off. That helps to adjust the pin height when you can see what's going on under the hood with the bumper off. After everything was properly adjusted and the hood was latching with the pins and the stock latch, I reinstalled the bumper. The black shroud easily fits over the hood pins when reinstalling the bumper. I am very happy with this installation vs fabricating a bracket for each side to mount the hood pins. I really didn't want to drill any holes in the black shroud (cover) or waste extra time fabricating brackets. It was much easier to rethread the pins. I can easily put the car back to stock since the factory bolts will still thread into place.

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Nice, this was the exact thing I was thinking of doing! Thanks for confirming it works haha.