View Poll Results: Hood Pins or Not?
Add hood pins to the hood in the pictures below
24
61.54%
Leave the hood as it is, (no hood pins)
15
38.46%
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hood pins or not???
Its an easy mod and for a car like yours with serious cred it would look good and take some weight off the front. I took all the front brakets off mine and made a small CRS support to hold the plastic piece the fascia bolts to up. I have a nice little pile of stock steel laying on the garage floor. Great mod. Looks like you do most of your racing at the track so no need for a sleeper, daily driver race cars are way cooler!
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From: East Side Performance! mASShole
Originally Posted by libertine1015
Its an easy mod and for a car like yours with serious cred it would look good and take some weight off the front. I took all the front brakets off mine and made a small CRS support to hold the plastic piece the fascia bolts to up. I have a nice little pile of stock steel laying on the garage floor. Great mod. Looks like you do most of your racing at the track so no need for a sleeper, daily driver race cars are way cooler!
another thing is with a white car, the hood pins wont show up like they would with a black or red car.
hell, i could even paint the plates white, then put a coating on them so they wouldnt scratch
Originally Posted by Noyzee
cool.
another thing is with a white car, the hood pins wont show up like they would with a black or red car.
hell, i could even paint the plates white, then put a coating on them so they wouldnt scratch
another thing is with a white car, the hood pins wont show up like they would with a black or red car.
hell, i could even paint the plates white, then put a coating on them so they wouldnt scratch
If you look on my car domain there is one pic where you can see them on a white car (my car) on the second page.
They look great IMO
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From: East Side Performance! mASShole
cool, i'll check it out.
for what its worth, i could make the plates for you any shape, size ect ect. i own a sheet metal shop, we have a cybermation machine.
i have un polished and polished stainless in stock. i also have white aluminum and galvie.
i also have a powder coater.
for what its worth, i could make the plates for you any shape, size ect ect. i own a sheet metal shop, we have a cybermation machine.
i have un polished and polished stainless in stock. i also have white aluminum and galvie.
i also have a powder coater.
i just a lift off hood that is the same as yours, it cost, $225 plus shipping,
i picked it up. though its just outside of dallas, it is a non sponser so shoot me a pm and ill get you the info, i have not decided on 4 pins or zues fitting yet
i picked it up. though its just outside of dallas, it is a non sponser so shoot me a pm and ill get you the info, i have not decided on 4 pins or zues fitting yet
yeah you could powdercoat them. I was going to suggest that...i was going to say i could do it cheap for you but looks like you got it covered. I would leave them chrome and see how they look first though.
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I just pinned my fiberglass SS hood. It's a bolt-on hood but I wanted to save the weight and ditched the hinges and latch. Mine was too "thick" as well so dzues fasteners were not an option. I used six 3/8" alum. pins with 2.5" stainless scuff plates. DOES NOT LOOK GOOD! But I don't think anyone will care @ 130mph! I know I won't! 
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From: East Side Performance! mASShole
haha, i put my new hood on with 4 hood pins and 3 dzus fastners. lol its still grey also!!! lol
it accualy dosnt look that bad, and it is on very good. now i just need it painted.
it accualy dosnt look that bad, and it is on very good. now i just need it painted.
Originally Posted by Noyzee
haha, i put my new hood on with 4 hood pins and 3 dzus fastners. lol its still grey also!!! lol
it accualy dosnt look that bad, and it is on very good. now i just need it painted.
it accualy dosnt look that bad, and it is on very good. now i just need it painted.
Before pic's??????
There are (or used to be) deck pins that have the
soda-machine style lock and don't use pins per se.
These are cleaner looking and, well, lock. You could
go one per corner and ditch all the hinges & stock
latch.
I had to pin the hood on my '68 El Camino because
the "street" fiberglass hood was still a floppy POS and
the corners were lifting so much just driving on the
highway that I thought it would maybe just pull the
latch out. I estimate this vehicle would turn high
teens and trap in the double digits but I have pins
anyway. I painted them, yes they scratched (and
rusted). Not the locking ones, the "Mr. Gasket" ones
from the locak speed shop.
soda-machine style lock and don't use pins per se.
These are cleaner looking and, well, lock. You could
go one per corner and ditch all the hinges & stock
latch.
I had to pin the hood on my '68 El Camino because
the "street" fiberglass hood was still a floppy POS and
the corners were lifting so much just driving on the
highway that I thought it would maybe just pull the
latch out. I estimate this vehicle would turn high
teens and trap in the double digits but I have pins
anyway. I painted them, yes they scratched (and
rusted). Not the locking ones, the "Mr. Gasket" ones
from the locak speed shop.
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hoodpins offcourse
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