Jwoo8804
Junior Member
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
OP the pins look great, good job! My cable wires rusted too, that sucks!
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.
What did you do with yours after they rusted?
Yup , i just took my cables off , shit i meant "Lanyards" .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.