Hood Pins, cheap and easy fix

I know pics are a must:eeks1: but I won't have time to take any until sometime tomorrow. My hood latch broke and I decided to be a little different and go the hood pin route. I kept the safety latch and I haven't taken out the old hood latch mechanism yet but i will soon. Overall, the install was fairly easy. Once we had the proper bits it flew bye. It took a little longer then I though but it is Vermont so it was just a tab bit cold. I actually like the look, a lot and they were a cheap alternitive to replaceing the cable and pully under the hood. I know of a few rigs on here that have done this but I have never seen one in person. Hopfully tomorrow i can have pics up. Cheers!

I did the same.
I like it a lot more personally
the only thing is that other people could potentially get into your engine bay now...

I am going to be putting a padlock on each pin to secure the hood. I just need to find one that will fit.

A padlock through the pins will look horrible...

Who is really going to go under the hood of a Jeep?

MEAN PEOPLE

It happens back home all the time. I could care less how it looks but since it is still my DD, I don't want just anyone to be able to pop the hood and do whatever they wish. On the trail the locks will be off.

I have to admit, I did have a friend with a fox mustang who had a cowl hood with pins. He came out of the grocery store and didn't notice someone had pulled the cotter pins out. I don't think he got too far down the street before WHAM! Had to replace the hood, cowl panel, windshield, and get the roof fixed, not to mention repaint the car.

In high school, we used to screw with a guy who had hood pins. We'd pull'em and prop his hood up. He'd be looking forever to see what somebody messed with, but we never touched anything else.

There are "hood pins" out there with built-in locks. Years ago, I put some on my Chevelle's cowl induction hood. I believe I got them from Summit.

I was thinking about getting some of these for my MJ's cowl induction hood. Other people say it's a dumb idea. But I think it would be cool. And it would do away with the cable system.

-edit- And here they are... http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=MRG-1472&N=700+115&autoview=sku

Here are some pictures of how mine turned out.

sunburned said:

I have to admit, I did have a friend with a fox mustang who had a cowl hood with pins. He came out of the grocery store and didn't notice someone had pulled the cotter pins out. I don't think he got too far down the street before WHAM! Had to replace the hood, cowl panel, windshield, and get the roof fixed, not to mention repaint the car.

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thats just wrong. soo mean. karma..