GQ1337

Hey guys i'm a newbie to thread posting here, i was wondering if theres anyway that my recently purchased fiberglass cowl hood that is setup for hinge and latch application can use hood pins and the hinges without the latch.. or does hinges cause the hood to angle down too much and would cause an oblong hole for the hoodpins...i hope that makes sense lol. Thanks guys.

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1ATony

Welcome to the site.You can pin the front of the hood and remove the latch from it if you wish to.

Buy a good set of hood pins, the parts store ones are cheap and rust out.

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Stephen

Some aftermarket hoods (most bolt ons) are designed to use the stock hinges & stock latch.

Hood pins are primarily for a pin-on only hood, for looks, or for those that don't trust the aftermarket hoods to stay together without pins.

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1ATony

If you run a fiberglass hood even if it retains the factory latching mechanism,I strongly recommend pinning it.

It's allot safer and cheaper than fixing a busted hood,cowl,windshield & roof because the hood popped up. I see it happen all the time.

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ian1320

My 85 IROC has hinges and hood pins, and the holes are not oblong. My hood is stock steel though so maybe my application doesnt apply.

quickkris2006

i have a fiberglass hood and have it a totall pin on.. i did have the front pined and the rear on hinges but i forgot to lock the pins one night and it ripped off... lucky it didnt hit the car or break.. it landed bottom down in the road behind me at 2am so noone was on the road. lucky me.. it could have been a lot worse. as long as u measure right u can drill the holes right.. start out with a small bit and make sure ur all lined up and then use the bigger drill bit to drill the hole for the pin.. shouldnt take u more then 30 min to install

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GQ1337

Yea being fiberglass i dont want to take any chances lol. No horror stories for me. I appreciate all the responses guys thanks=)
Oh and Tony i have used 1A Auto in the past for my interior restore, i think i got my carpet from you guys:P