Hood Pins

[johnnyvolcom5 10+ year member]

K kinda off topic a little bit here, but im thinking about getting hood pins for my car. About 6 months ago while driving down the freeway at about 70, my hood flew open!(dumb ass worker ddnt shut it hard enough after he jumped me). anyway since then my hood is all FUBAR and wont latch, so its tied down with some climbing line for tree climbers. It works but is a pain in the A** to untie and retie everytime i need to get under the hood(especially when the knot is frozen from f'ed up minnesota winters). Those race cars all have hood pins, is this a good idea for my car? Are they legal? they are relatively cheap, way cheaper than a new hood and latch.

any suggestions..........or laughter posts, for i drive a 1995 regal.....ha ha ha. but seriously, this rope buisness BLOWS!

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[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

i had the same thing happen to me on my crx about 6 hours away from home, i used hood pins to get me by. I wouldnt suggest it for a permanent solution though

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

check on some honda/ricer forums, i'm sure APC makes some

 

[PaulThompson229 10+ year member]

Yea they are legal, I had them on my stang, they don't look bad on some cars either

 

[johnnyvolcom5 10+ year member]

i had the same thing happen to me on my crx about 6 hours away from home, i used hood pins to get me by. I wouldnt suggest it for a permanent solution though

yeah when it flys open its crazy! i was on a 3 lane freeway. how come not for permanent use? those race cars go way faster than i do...ha ha

 

[Cabin_Pressure 10+ year member]

Get the kind with lanyards for the pins. I always had to look for my pins when i had mine.

 

[johnnyvolcom5 10+ year member]

Yea they are legal, I had them on my stang, they don't look bad on some cars either

can they be used as the ONLY latches though?

 

[PaulThompson229 10+ year member]

can they be used as the ONLY latches though?

Yes, thats the whole reason I had to get them is because I had to grind away the area where the stock latch was to accomidate a larger radiator.

 

[johnnyvolcom5 10+ year member]

Yes, thats the whole reason I had to get them is because I had to grind away the area where the stock latch was to accomidate a larger radiator.

ok thanks....finally no more rope //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif The other day i had to soak the knot in hot water when it was like -10. two pins would be much easier!

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

i had the same thing happen to me on my crx about 6 hours away from home, i used hood pins to get me by. I wouldnt suggest it for a permanent solution though

because they look horrible/ricerish. plus your hoods already jacked up I would imagine from it being flipped backwards.

mine went all the way to the windsheld and destroyed it on a 4 lane high way in down town louisville. couldnt see a dman thing except for where the hood curved at the bootom. Scared me to death.

we had to bend the hood on a curb to even get it close to the shape it needed to be to even go back on the car.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

 

[johnnyvolcom5 10+ year member]

because they look horrible/ricerish. plus your hoods already jacked up I would imagine from it being flipped backwards.
mine went all the way to the windsheld and destroyed it on a 4 lane high way in down town louisville. couldnt see a dman thing except for where the hood curved at the bootom. Scared me to death.

we had to bend the hood on a curb to even get it close to the shape it needed to be to even go back on the car.

yeah mine shattered the windshield and glass flew INTo the car......then like no even 1 minute later there was a cop and he made me tow it. but yeah i just looked out the window and watched the line(luckily i was next to the shoulder) but i got most the dents out of the hood, and i really dont care about looks. ill get a new car this summer....hopefully!

 

[PaulThompson229 10+ year member]

^^ you say they look too ricer? What about the front bumper on that **** thing //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[johnnyvolcom5 10+ year member]

i have pics but i dont know how to post them ha ha ha

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

I had these on my 81 caprice. Not only were they fairly easy to install, the kept the hood lock to prevent thieves as well. Plus they have a low profile.

I liked them.

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2001432/c-10101/Nty-1/p-2001432/Ntx-mode+matchallpartial/N-10101/tf-Browse/s-10101/Ntk-AllTextSearchGroup?Ntt=hood+locks