Ive seen maybe two threads on this, they werent very informative and pretty old. So I thought Id ask the question again.

Who has hood pins on their hoods? And where did you place them?

Our radiator supports are made of plastic and the hood is on an extreame angle right there, so im not sure how the usual setup would work with our cars.

Any ideas are helpful. Btw I have a carbon fiber hood and would just like some extra safety. I would be using the Aerocatch style too.

 

Here is a pic from the MINI challenge cars. You can see they have hood pins above the headlights. I assume they are far back enough where the pins are mounted to the strut towers/chassis sheet metal.

EDIT: They also have hood latches

 

I was thinking about that spot, but they also have those latched in the front. If I only had the pins I feel that the hood would catch air and would possibly come up and break where those pins are.

 

I'd say just go for the latches, There really isnt another place to put the pins.

 

If you can find metal to attach to...


http://www.aerocatch.com/

http://www.importprecision.com/aeroc...pins/index.htm

 

where can i get those latches?

 

many places

Minimania is one - on the classic side

MS118 are the large ones (4"), MS119 the small (2")

 

those are rubber, im looking for something like these...or are those rubber too?

 

the ones to either side of the grill are the 118's

 

how would i install those and whats the degree of difficulty?

 

looking at the picture of the smaller set above - there are three main parts to each latch

the rubber latch itself

a metal bracket the 'hinge' end of the latch attaches to - this is the fixed end of the latch

a second metal part which is a fork that the 'ball' of the latch pulls over

on the smalls each of these brackets has two holes for screws or bolts. In the picture from my 79 bonnet which is fiberglass - I just drilled holes and used stainless steel hardware (I did use a backing plate for extra strength as these are not 'show' for me, they ARE what holds the front edge of the bonnet)

So if you wanted to mount like on the MINIs shown, you probably just drill down into the bumper (thru the bumper cover) and bolt the hinged end down. Then you figure out your location for the forked end - determining how much stretch you want in the rubber - then drill holes as needed.

Pretty straight forward.

 

thanks, if anyone knows of any other latches, like some plastic ones or some type of metal let me know