Hood pin kit

[05x4x4]

I've had a problem with my hood "floating" while cruising down the highway even after adjusting the hood catch it continued to do it. I have had a hood fly up on my on my mustang a couple years ago, so being kinda gun shy from that I decided to install a set of hood pins in the hood.
The kit I bought came from Jegs racing, and it's one of their black anodized aluminum kits the pins are .5" diameter and 2 3/4" long.

I started by drilling .5" holes in the core support where the hood supports are on the front corners. After drilling the holes I installed the pins that way the pins could dimple the spot on top of the hood where I needed to drill through the skin of the hood. Using a set of stepped drill bits I proceeded to make a .75" hole through the hood. After cleaning the holes up with a file and dropping the hood to make the hight adjustment to the pins I laid the plates down and installed the keeper clips.
At this point I have not mounted the scuff plates a buddy of mine is machining a set for me out of stainless.

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[KChurch86]

Very nice work dude. Got any pics of the pins in the core support?

I've thought a lot about doing this to my truck, my hood moves around A LOT from side to side while going down the road. Thankfully I've never experienced a hood flying up while driving, but I'm also not too excited at the possibility.

Again, looks good!

 

[05x4x4]

I'll have to grab some close up of the mounting and the break down, the truck is in my shop and it's raining its A$$ off so it won't happen right now.


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[KChurch86]

I'll have to grab some close up of the mounting and the break down, the truck is in my shop and it's raining its A$$ off so it won't happen right now.


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Yeah man, no rush I'm just curious.

 

[05x4x4]

I hear ya, they will be posted maybe mid morning.


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[05x4x4]

The pins mount to the core support, and I just used a couple of HD washers on both sides.

Here you can see the holes through the hood where the pins go.

After removing the rubber hood stops I needed something for the hood to rest on, I had a couple of shock bushing in my toolbox. I ended up cutting the bushings in half and sitting them over the studs for the hood to sit on and they also provide some resistance against the spring clips.

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[KChurch86]

Very nice, great idea with the rubber bumpers.

 

[05x4x4]

The rubber bushings worked out well, and should they ever wear out should be easy enough to replace them.


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