MrPink
Bainisteoir Páirteanna
Lol your truck is an exception.
95 Long bed Reg Cab named "Stitch"
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MrPink
Bainisteoir Páirteanna
So I am having a internal struggle. I am highly debating using hood pins with the truck. I do plan on getting a fiberglass stock replacement style hood.
Why wouldn't you do hood pins?
I vote hood pins AND a transbrake.
Because racetruck...
Because racetruck...
MrPink
Bainisteoir Páirteanna
Because the look of pins can be trashy.
454cid
Sooper Pooper
This..... unless they'd actually help in some manner. I thought they were cool when I was a kid, but it didn't take long to figure out they were out of place on a street car. Especially when said street car is basically stock, except for the rust, dents, and wheels... I know that's not the case with your truck, but still. I wouldn't do it, unless it served a purpose.
I'm not a fan of old school hood pins, but something like this, could be cool...
...but hood curvature might be an issue.
Maybe these...
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...but hood curvature might be an issue.
Maybe these...
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My buddy with the K24-swapped Miata has the top set of hood latches. They work well, but understand that no matter what style you use it will require a little wiggling with the hood every time you close it. We have captured spring-lock hood pins on the BMW, and last year we had both come loose at Sebring, smashing the roof with the hood. That bottom set of hood pins looks trick, but trick also means I wouldn't trust them as much. The old school hood pins with cables look goofy, but they work effectively and reliably. My Jaguar's hinge system and the hood itself were insanely heavy, to I've yanked it all and have just the hood skin in a lift-off configuration with four spring lock hood pins.
Do you need hood pins? Then get some that work and don't worry what people think. If not, don't bother.
Do you need hood pins? Then get some that work and don't worry what people think. If not, don't bother.
Mate, at the end of the day you are building the truck for you, so you're first thought should be what do you like and not what others would like. They can build their own truck.
