Which hood pin kit are ya'l using on the GTS-3 hood?

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03-24-2009, 02:14 PM

ICIBUY

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Which hood pin kit are ya'l using on the GTS-3 hood?

Hey guys, I just got a call from the body shop that is installing my Tru-fiber GTS-3 hood and they told me they dont think the kit that I bought mounts to close to the center of the hood so they will be under the air ducts.... ?

not sure excatly what they are talking about so I thought I would ask you guys that might have this hood with pins??? Anyone??? Thanks a bunch for any help!

03-24-2009, 02:23 PM

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here's where alot of us with the Trufiber Venom Hoods are mounting ours...should work the same for yours....just takes alittle modification underneath the radiator core support to make it work...

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03-24-2009, 03:18 PM

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go get ur pins from shelbyperformanceparts.com they are pretty much the #1 pin poeple with our hoods use

03-24-2009, 03:20 PM

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Thanks a bunch 05 Redfire GT! Awesome pics, I just printed them and going to drop them off at the body shop on my way home! Thanks again!!!

03-24-2009, 03:21 PM

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go get ur pins from shelbyperformanceparts.com they are pretty much the #1 pin poeple with our hoods use

Those are the excat ones I bought! Thanks!

03-24-2009, 07:29 PM

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Thanks a bunch 05 Redfire GT! Awesome pics, I just printed them and going to drop them off at the body shop on my way home! Thanks again!!!

not a problem man, but in order to use the hole that our cars already have next to the bump stop, you must cut away some of the metal at the bottom of the radiator core support (I used a dremel) so that you can fit the nut on the bottom of the hood pin, then use a large drill bit to enlarge the hole at the top (not too much, just alittle) so the hood pin can slide up and down for adjustment. also, from the pictures you can also see that my hood pins have been "angled" towards the the fenders some....you must do this so that when you go to install the hood pin latch, it's parallel to the angle of the hood.

03-24-2009, 08:03 PM

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WAIT!!! you use the same spot for our GTS III hoods they use BUT you have to modify the actually locking pin (bend it a little) so that it fits into the pin in the radiator support since the gts III is raised at that spot. you can still drill the hole but you can't push the pin to lock it in place since it is straight. there is a thread somewhere someone posted and TOMBSTANG made me a video a long time ago that showed me how to bend the small pin he posted up. do a search for it and see if you can find it.