Anyone please advise me where and how a Hood pin kit for my
96 SS should be installed...Thanks








96SS/Red w/black Ttop/full race suspension;58mm TB HOlley
Racetronix fuel system/PCM Madtuner/ 3000 vigilante et.etc.
too much to list.

 

please don't butcher up an OEM SS hood for hood pins.

 

^^^^^Totally agree.

Hood pin shouldnt be installed on a oem SS hood.

 

Thanks for your appropriate concerns, I would not be that
callous to do what you think I would do...No. This is for a
Fibreglass SS Aftermarket hood. Thanks very much... Please
advise where/how to install kit...Theo

 

 

i have a suncoast ss hood with pins and I desperately want to paint my black oem hood blue to get rid of those fugly hood pins

in other words I'm no help either...

 

Does your hood use the OEM latch in the front?

 

Two things theory and practice.
In theory there should be at minimum, four pins and they should be in the best location to support the largest area. That's usually 1/3 in from all four sides.
In practice this usually puts the pins in locations where there is no supporting "frame" for mounting. And it's not the most esthetic (best looking) locations. So most people compromise and place them as near to these (1/3) location as possible. A common mounting location is the radiator support frame. It's back far enough from the front edge to give good hold down and still looks pretty good.
Out side of these general guide lines there's lots of different ideas. On my '84 I fabricated mounts that went from the front fascia to the rad. support so I could get the pins in a more ideal location. Some people use a simple rear hinge and only install front pins. Other have found that pins alone aren't enough and install Dzus fasteners around the edges of the hood. All depends on the "wieght" of the hood and your speed.

 

it latches exactly the same as every other hood, but it has "pins". They aren't actually pins, but locks to lock the hood down......so no one can steal my engine?

I hate them...

 

My question was a set up dependent upon his reply.