hood pins, painted or not
06-20-2008, 05:46 PM
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RE: hood pins, painted or not
You'll have big scratch marks and bare stainless steel where the clips go trough the pin hole and hit the top plate just from usage and vibration.
06-20-2008, 09:44 PM
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RE: hood pins, painted or not
you have them so you don't get a face full of hood if thelatch fails when you are going 150mph
06-20-2008, 10:41 PM
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RE: hood pins, painted or not
ok im gonna leave them how they are and hope it doest look bad...ive had my hood pop up at 65 before, the latch saved it, but scared me ****less...not willing to risk it
06-20-2008, 10:52 PM
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RE: hood pins, painted or not
$15at joe heck. Not bad if they bother you. And im with you on the the hood popping up. Its scary shizz. Looking to get the ford racing ones myself
06-21-2008, 07:02 AM
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RE: hood pins, painted or not
if anybody finds some black hood pins please let me know. thanks!!!
06-21-2008, 10:21 AM
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RE: hood pins, painted or not
i got the ford racing because of the quality
06-21-2008, 12:42 PM
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RE: hood pins, painted or not
I have hood pins on my blacked out stang, actually the polished look looks great and gives it some accent in my own opinion.
06-21-2008, 02:34 PM
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RE: hood pins, painted or not
Just leave them the way they are, they'll look badass.
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06-20-2008, 10:41 PM
RE: hood pins, painted or not
