Rylay

Could someone give me some advice. I not have a cervini type 4 ram air on my 06 and I have hoodpins. I am nuetral on the looks so its for safety only.

The problem is that the instructions that came with the hoodpins are for putting them on the center and I have seen this hood with them closer to the fenders. I'm not entirely sure where they a meant to bolt on to.

Any advice would be great and thanks.

Rylay

They are Shelby (Scott drake??) hoodpins if that matters.

05 Mustang

see link below....I just posted some pictures with comments describing where I mounted the same hood pins on my old 2005 Mustang GT...

https://mustangforums.com/forum/2005...iberglass.html

Rylay

Much appreciated. How did you go about cutting the sheet metal under the hole to put the bolt on. And did you just bend the pin once you installed it or does it sit at that angle naturally?

xkape

Gotta take the front bumper off bud. Then take the headlights out and you have all the room in the world to get to the underside of that hole. I would reccomend using a hole saw or similat of at least 1 1/4 inch so you can get bolt and your fingers in the hole to tighten it.

Rylay

Alright so I've got the pins in (and out) now I need some advise or tips on angling them and drilling into the hood. The area above the pin is fairly thick, I'm pretty sure the pin is long enough, but would it be best to use the flat spot above the rubber bumpers. (I could do some cutting and boring of the bumper to put it around the hood pin).

I'm confident that I can undertake this but I'm justafiably nervous about drilling into my new hood and I want it to be perfect.

its a fiberglass hood, should I paint the inside of the hole with touch up paint? It seems like I should but I'm just making sure.

157dB

Mount the pins in the radiator support.
Place grease on the very tops of the pins.
Lower the hood slowly just till it kisses
the pin tops. This is the sweet spot to drill.
Dont use the cheapo wood bits from the
hardware store. They are sharpened for wood
and will grab, corkscrew and possably split the hood.
Place painters tape where the hole will be.
This will keep the gelcoat chipping to a minimum.
A step drill is the best for drilling holes under 1"
in fiberglass. The angle of the hole thru the hood
should not matter if you just give it the ol college try
and make them big enough to clear the vertical pins.

The fiberglass will be fine untouched.
I have drilled many a hole in fiberglass boats
and water migration into fiberglass should
not happen if it is laid up right to begin with.

Try drilling 7 holes for a Roush HoodScoop.
Unnerving to say the least.

Rylay

Impressive and thank you. I've done a bit more research and I have appropriate drill bits lined up now I just need a good day to let my car sit. Once I get them in I will be done with the car as far as appearance and will give a real good photo shoot of my car **** as payment.

05 Mustang

Sounds like everyone has given you enough great information to install your hood pins....and to answer your questions, I used a dremble to increase the size of the hole, and no, the hood pins were angled by hitting it with the palm of our hands. The sheet metal is pretty pliable, and will allow for you to angle it.

157dB

The orientation of the pin hole in the pins is of the utter most importance.
You want the pins to lay at a 90 degree angle to the hood curvature.
Otherwise it looks like a botched installation.
This is correct for the angle of the pins
but too close together on the hood to be fully functional...