need help installing hood pins
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need help installing hood pins
So i have a set of hood pins i want to install. I want to do it between the headlights not behind them. I need help figuring out where to mount the pins. The best spot looks to be where those rubber bump stops are. So my question is, do i need those rubber bump spots, thus a new mounting location or will it be fine if i remove those rubber bump stops and put the hood pins there.
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Install pins where you want them, wipe some semen on tip of shaft, lower hood on top of shaft, now you've marked where to drill holle. Put some tape on the outside of the hood to keep the paint from chipping too bad.
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yea i got them all mounted, turned out pretty good actually. I ended up doing it where the front rubber bump stops are but im gonna drill the center of it and put them on still
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i used moroso low profile pins which have a sharp tip, lowered the hood on top of them and applied slight pressure just enough so that the tip indented the underside of the hood.
drilled but only the fg part and not all the way through, lowered again and did the same and then drilled the cf, it worked 'ok'. I had to enlarge the underside holes so that the pins would pass all the way through the cf withouth binding.
in the end it all worked out perfect. I'll post pics later in the week since I'm keeping my car in storage.
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I tried that before but the semen kept getting licked off the shaft before I could lower the hood! Thats why I was asking for help!
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Old thread, but I'm curious how you all are removing the rubber bump stops to drill them out. Whether behind the headlight or the inside, it's difficult to get a hold of the metal or plastic clips on the bottom of the bump stops... Any advice?
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