Hood Pins Installed!!

[Jwoo8804]

My wife bought me a set of Scott Drake hood pins for Christmas, so I installed them over the weekend. Overall very happy with the result.

 

[Wes06]

I love my hood pins
No worrying about if my hood will stay down or come up and smack me

Nervous drilling into your hood?

 

[Jwoo8804]

I love my hood pins
No worrying about if my hood will stay down or come up and smack me

Nervous drilling into your hood?

Of all the modifications I have done, this one probably made me the most nervous. I knew I had a little bit of room if I didn't drill the hole perfect because the plate covers such a large area, but I probably measured 10 times before actually punching through the hood lol.

 

[808muscle]

Those are really nice looking.

 

[Wild White Pony]

Looks great, I had the exact hood pins on mine when I had the Mach1 hood. Never worried going down the track that my hood would lift. After a year the wires under the clear coating started rusting, I ended up putting white heat shrink tubing over the wire to hide the rust and it matched well with the cars white paint. Might want to put some type of sealer where the wire exits the the clear sleeve so moisture won't seep in.

 

[TGR96]

Looks great, I had the exact hood pins on mine when I had the Mach1 hood. Never worried going down the track that my hood would lift. After a year the wires under the clear coating started rusting, I ended up putting white heat shrink tubing over the wire to hide the rust and it matched well with the cars white paint. Might want to put some type of sealer where the wire exits the the clear sleeve so moisture won't seep in.

^^^ This. All day long. Mine did the same thing.

OP, the hood pins look great. They look so tough on the 05-09 cars.

And if you think drilling for hood pins makes you nervous, try cutting a hole for a shaker hood scoop! I think I literally measured and re-measured over and over for an hour before making the first cut.

 

[Jwoo8804]

Looks great, I had the exact hood pins on mine when I had the Mach1 hood. Never worried going down the track that my hood would lift. After a year the wires under the clear coating started rusting, I ended up putting white heat shrink tubing over the wire to hide the rust and it matched well with the cars white paint. Might want to put some type of sealer where the wire exits the the clear sleeve so moisture won't seep in.

Oh wow, thanks for the tip. I took and extra step and used touch up paint to cover the bare metal where I cut the holes to help against rust. Did you ever see any issues like that with the holes rusting after a while?

 

[Jwoo8804]

^^^ This. All day long. Mine did the same thing.

OP, the hood pins look great. They look so tough on the 05-09 cars.

And if you think drilling for hood pins makes you nervous, try cutting a hole for a shaker hood scoop! I think I literally measured and re-measured over and over for an hour before making the first cut.

I'm having palpitations just thinking about cutting a hole that large anywhere on a car!

 

[Wes06]

Hah yea
I was awful nervous doing it
I went with the UPR billet hood pins in black

 

[MADGT]

Nicely done.

 

[Wild White Pony]

Oh wow, thanks for the tip. I took and extra step and used touch up paint to cover the bare metal where I cut the holes to help against rust. Did you ever see any issues like that with the holes rusting after a while?

If that's a stock hood it should be made from Aluminum so no rust. It's just the cable wires from the hood pin kit that will rust after some time.

 

[swflastang05]

OP the pins look great, good job! My cable wires rusted too, that sucks!

 

[Jwoo8804]

OP the pins look great, good job! My cable wires rusted too, that sucks!

What did you do with yours after they rusted?

 

[pics06gtstang]

My cables also rusted !

 

[GT E UPP]

FYI....Cables/Wires are called "Lanyards". Over time they will not only rust, but
they can also chafe/mark the paint at the edge of your hood from all the movement/rubbing. IMO, pins will look just as good without them.

 

[Jwoo8804]

FYI....Cables/Wires are called "Lanyards". Over time they will not only rust, but
they can also chafe/mark the paint at the edge of your hood from all the movement/rubbing. IMO, pins will look just as good without them.

I agree. I actually didn't want the lanyards attached to the pins. But, my buddy who installed a set on his mustang that didn't have any had his pins stolen one day in a parking lot a week after installing. The only reason I got a set that did have them was for a little extra added security.

 

[ford20]

Just super glue the pins to the bezel and you won't have to worry about people stealing them.

 

[swflastang05]

What did you do with yours after they rusted?

Nothing, they're still on my car and still rusting lol! One of the items on my to do list, not very high up though at the moment.

 

[pics06gtstang]

FYI....Cables/Wires are called "Lanyards". Over time they will not only rust, but
they can also chafe/mark the paint at the edge of your hood from all the movement/rubbing. IMO, pins will look just as good without them.

Yup , i just took my cables off , shit i meant "Lanyards" .