Honestly, I know its a dumb question. But what is the purpose of them? Are they just there for looks or do they have a purpose?

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They are there to keep the hood(usually fiberglass) from coming off when the latch fails. Some are life off, so thats all they are held on by. The ones that put them on a stock car, are really doing it for looks. I know of someone that had a 3" Cowl on his 85 Z28 and installed pins because when he got at highway speeds, the hood would come up right above the headlights, so he installed the pins for added safety

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1989 Firebird Formula L98 350
BBK 52mm TB
Edelbrock headers and 3" Cat-back Flowmaster
K&N cone filter
Free mods
MSD/Taylor ignition
Jet AFPR
150 shot NOS
Kenny Brown subframes
Hotchkis lower control arms, panhard and strut tower brace.
Eibach Pro-kit springs
Polygraphie bushings
Monroe SensoTrac shocks/struts
12.63@109.95 NOS
14.40@95.28 motor


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Well, sometimes the latch mechanism does not work with the hood and the hoods pins hold it down. Plus you can get a tighter hold with the pins IMO.

 

i need them for my hood. the latch thing is a PITA. all i can find are chrome pins i think polished alum. would be much better. anyone know where to get them?


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89 Trans Am
jet black w/ silver flake
suncoast ram-air hood
ASAI aerowing
centerline trigons
SLP headers, flowmaster.
Viper 550esp w/ rem start
Grant GT, all Kenwood.
BMR adj.phr, lca's, lca brackets, sfc's, jamex springs, PSC front end

 

So if you use the pins, do you also use the latch? I was thinking without the latch, somebody could just come up and open your hood whenever they wanted to and take whatever they wanted couldnt they? Or do those things somehow lock on?

 

They do make locking hood pins, I had them on an old GTO, kinda hard to find and I could only find chrome but they worked great.

 

the outer edges of your hood are starting to lift a little bit Adam, mostly from lengthy interstate (high speed) trips. Hood pins plus the factory latch would not be a bad idea

 

MEANYELLOWZ. YOU ARE FROM DAVENPORT ALSO. WHAT IS UP MAN. THIS ISNT RANDY IS IT? IF SO WHATS UP ITS JARRAD. NEIGHBOR OF JEFF. OH WELL.
AND I WISH HOOD PINS CAME IN POLISHED ALSO. THAT WOULD LOOK A LOT BETTER ON OUR CARS. JUST MY .02

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