How many people use hood pins on thier firebirds?
And where are they located on the hood?(behind headlights or on the side of them)

I had my hood come up on me this weekend(safety latch caught it and I almost shxt myself) and I am trying to decide if I should try the pins or not and how will it change the looks of the firebird.

 

I wouldn't use the pins for anything but show, peronally. Just get the latch adjusted right and you'll have no problems.

As for looks... go for it

I love the look of hood pins, especially if they have some stiff cables that sorta stand up (as opposed to loose ones that lay on the hood).

For a T/A, i would put the pins right here (bright green spots):

 

I recommend Star Locks instead of pins. Thats what I run on my glass cowl.

 

heres what mine look like..

 

thanks guys, I think I am going to do it.

 

let me know if you need pics of where mine sit in the engine bay

 

I used to have hood pins on my bird, check it out, first pic:
http://www.cardomain.com/id/orinackra

 

ok i just got my RAII hood and was also thinking about adding a set

dose anyone else have any other pict's

 

hows this

 

since i'm alowed one more

 

hey TransAMTBI where did u get that hood pin kit? ive been lookin for the kit withthe longer wire like urs but cant find them.

 

they sell them at pep boys! summit has them too..

easiest way is pep boys! the sell it in the isle! lol

the wires i got from a friend though

 

I got pins on my bird both front and rear and I have the ones on the front where TransAmTBI has his and for the back I mounted them on the cowl. Because I couldn't access the back of the pin to put the nut on the driver side rear pin I had my pop weld the nut in place. The ones Pep Boys(I used to work there) sell are made by Spectre and rust fairly qucikly but Discount or Advance Discount sells Mr. Gaskett which do not rust as bad or quickly as the Spectres, trust I know cause I got both of em. Oh yeah don't forget to remove the hood spring because if not the hood will be raised up in the middle and look funny.