How to Install Hood Pins 

Love that you tackle these projects! Kudos to another DIY job well done.

Thanks Andy! Just the way I did on my 67. Now I know I did it right. Great tips.

Love your videos well explained

Good job Looks great

thanks for the info

You have an extremely underrated channel. You have better videos than Cj pony parts when it comes to installing parts! I’m working on building my 68 with help from your videos

Awesome!

Looks great! I want to do that as extra security. I have a ground disconnect to protect the battery from draining and if I disconnect and put a lock on one or both of the hood pins when I go to the store or something it may not prevent it being stolen but at least slow them down a little enough for them to move on.

Nice job.

Nice. You will like these

I've run these on my car and have had the nut fall off of the stud in the middle of a cruise. The vibration of the car loosened the nut and locknut up. Something to watch out for if you aren't running a latch in conjunction with them. I do really like the looks of them! Good walk through.

Wonder where the inspiration for this came from… 🤔😂 Toss some blue loctite on the studs to help prevent them backing off. Looking great!

I have done about a hundred of these. Aside from getting the pin angle right, or at least really close, which is a lot easier on some cars than on others, one thing that I have always had problems with, whether installing the chrome plates on a fiberglass hood or a steel hood, with or without the rubber gaskets, is just how thin those chrome plates are. When you tighten the sheet metal screws down, it will invariably make a dimple around the screw hole. That doesn't interfere with the function, but it looks terrible, especially with it being chrome. It reflects badly in the chrome. I wish somebody would make those round chrome plates a lot thicker. And yes, installing and removing the pins will scratch up the chrome, and there isn't much you can do about that. You did get the 4 screws put in the right places. If you orient the chrome plate so the screw holes are front to back and side to side, the clips will hit the screw heads whether you put them in sideways like you did, or front to back like I usually do. Of course you could put the clips in at an angle. They work the same. I just want heavier chrome plates. I found that the dimpling problem is worse with a rubber gasket, because the screw pushes the super thin chrome plates down into the soft rubber at the screw holes. Yet another issue is the chrome plates will bend if the hood is not completely flat.

Hey, i bought an acouto hood pin kit off amazon for 20$ and in the notes it says " make sure surface is clean for it to stick" but none of the parts are sticky, unless its the part that goes on top of the hood with the red backside is the sticky part?

Those attaching screws work as well on fiberglass as they would a sheetmetal hood?

Can you leave a link to the grille you are using? I anchored the lanyard on the bolts on each side of the latch where shelby did. Looks great 👍

Im also curious for those that get rid of the stock hood latch. (I am keeping my stock latch and pins) are the pins enough to keep your hood aligned? Because the latch also pulls or pushes your hood left and right. Curious why you didn’t put the hood latch on the hood first then drilled the pin holes with the hood perfectly alined from fender to fender before drilling? Or are you banking on the fact since you are repainting your car that you Can clearance the fender holes to align it to the hood position now?

I did hood locks also but instead of pins with clips mine are vending key locks figured less chance of someone getting my hood up easily.

Are you planning on installing fog lights in your lower valance? I hope you do so I can copy you lol.

Hey Andy, want to sell me one of those fender bolts you removed? I need one that is already white. Thanks

Thanks for your videos man, I just posted a short and your channel should’ve been added. If you don’t mind take a look and tell me what you think. I’ll like this video for you going out of your way!!!

dude - you need lock washers!

DONT USE RIVETS ON THE HOOD PIN PLATES, PLEASE JUST TRUST ME!!!!! IVE TRIED IT ON 2 DIFFERENT HOODS AND ITS WAY TOO MUCH FOR THE FIBERGLASS TO HANDLE, IT'LL CRACK AND SPLIT THE GLASS ALL TO HELL, JUST USE THE SCREWS!!!!!!