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Old 04-05-2007, 08:30 PM
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Where can I get a stainless set for a decent price? Can They go on the stock steel hood? How hard are they to install? Approx. how much are they gonna run me?
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Old 04-05-2007, 08:33 PM
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whats the purpose? the stock latch has worked fine for 20 yrs
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Old 04-05-2007, 08:46 PM
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whats the purpose? the stock latch has worked fine for 20 yrs
He's right usually you put hood pins on aftermarket hoods that dont latch down very well. But if you want to do it its pretty easy. Look on summit.com for a set. They'll run anywhere from about $10-$30. Took me about an hour to install. Your just going to have to do some drilling in your hood and under it to mount the pins.
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Old 04-05-2007, 09:26 PM
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http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...1&comp=LRS
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Old 04-05-2007, 10:54 PM
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hood pins on a stock hood is very very gay.
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Old 04-05-2007, 11:10 PM
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well I've just seen so many people who's hood flew open and destroyed their cars basically so I figured it would be good insurance.
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Old 04-05-2007, 11:12 PM
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They only time I have ever seen someone hood fly up when they had a latch was when they didn't close it all the way. Might just be me though
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Old 04-05-2007, 11:15 PM
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definately what i have seen too. i've never seen a latch let go mid-highway, nor i have i seen the striker fall out of the hood.
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Old 04-05-2007, 11:17 PM
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dont put hood pins on stock hood, looks horrible to me at least...
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Old 04-05-2007, 11:17 PM
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ic ok I just saw some people that happened too, wasn't sure if it was stock or not so I just figured it was cheap insurance.
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