Quick Latch hood pins
#52
93 R1, 94 Supra TT, 06 XR
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Don't forget though, you will need to ask quik latch to send this with their longer version of the hood pins. Otherwise, the regular QL-25 pins that ship with it will not reach from the bump stop behind the headlight.
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larboleda (05-21-19)
#56
Zoom ZooBBRRAAAPPP!!!
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Always had problems with the hood lifting slightly at the track. The body shop tried to adjust the latch but I was never satisfied. It wasn't horrible, but the edge of the hood is right in my line of sight and constantly annoyed me when it wasn't flush. I hope this fixes that.
#58
93 R1, 94 Supra TT, 06 XR
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Always had problems with the hood lifting slightly at the track. The body shop tried to adjust the latch but I was never satisfied. It wasn't horrible, but the edge of the hood is right in my line of sight and constantly annoyed me when it wasn't flush. I hope this fixes that.
#61
needs more track time
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So when you drill the 7/8" hole in the hood, do you drill from the bottom or the top?
I drilled the pilot hole from the bottom and the larger hole through which I can screw in the big nut but not sure about the final hole that the latch is going to fit through.
Thanks.
I drilled the pilot hole from the bottom and the larger hole through which I can screw in the big nut but not sure about the final hole that the latch is going to fit through.
Thanks.
#62
Ban Peak
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So when you drill the 7/8" hole in the hood, do you drill from the bottom or the top?
I drilled the pilot hole from the bottom and the larger hole through which I can screw in the big nut but not sure about the final hole that the latch is going to fit through.
Thanks.
I drilled the pilot hole from the bottom and the larger hole through which I can screw in the big nut but not sure about the final hole that the latch is going to fit through.
Thanks.
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gracer7-rx7 (02-12-20)
#63
Ban Peak
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Here are a couple pics of what I did. I flipped the bolts for the bottle necks over, put a flat washer on, threaded a rod coupling on, then trimmed the pin ball tipped rods down and tightened them with a jam nut.
#67
Ban Peak
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55mm pins, the 2 pack was around $20 shipped with Prime. With longer pins you could just thread it in through the top and use the jam nut, if I mount another hood I'll use the longer pins for ease.
The short pins proved a bit more difficult because it necessitated the use of the rod couplings and reading the short pins all the way in caused the hood to sit high so I had to cut them down. I forgot all of that earlier but your questions have jogged my memory!
The short pins proved a bit more difficult because it necessitated the use of the rod couplings and reading the short pins all the way in caused the hood to sit high so I had to cut them down. I forgot all of that earlier but your questions have jogged my memory!
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Molotovman (02-26-20)
#70
needs more track time
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A word or warning... Do not use a 7/8" hole saw to drill the hole through the top of the hood. Even though the threaded portion of the smallest Quik Latch is 7/8", the hole saw wound up cutting a hole closer to 1 1/4"... FML...
I need to go measure the hole and hopefully find a Quik Latch that fits or switch to a different latching mechanism.
I need to go measure the hole and hopefully find a Quik Latch that fits or switch to a different latching mechanism.
#71
Ban Peak
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A word or warning... Do not use a 7/8" hole saw to drill the hole through the top of the hood. Even though the threaded portion of the smallest Quik Latch is 7/8", the hole saw wound up cutting a hole closer to 1 1/4"... FML...
I need to go measure the hole and hopefully find a Quik Latch that fits or switch to a different latching mechanism.
I need to go measure the hole and hopefully find a Quik Latch that fits or switch to a different latching mechanism.
#72
RX-7 Bad Ass
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That stinks!
When drilling something like this I would start with a small pilot drill bit and work up in size. May also be worth drilling a piece of wood or something sacrificial to test fit in.
Dale
When drilling something like this I would start with a small pilot drill bit and work up in size. May also be worth drilling a piece of wood or something sacrificial to test fit in.
Dale
#73
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Posting so no one else makes the same mistake...
#74
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Yeah, I did start with a small pilot hole drilled from below to determine the location. I don't have a big enough to bit to drill a 7/8" hole and someone had mentioned a 7/8" hole saw earlier in the thread so that is the approach I took. Sigh...
Posting so no one else makes the same mistake...
Posting so no one else makes the same mistake...
#75
Zoom ZooBBRRAAAPPP!!!
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Just to show what bits I used when drilling my hood. A 3/4 inch for the top and 1 1/8 for the bottom. The teeth stick out slightly, so the resulting hole will be somewhat larger that the listed diameter. The stock hood has sandwiched panels so the bottom hole has to be bigger for the nut to clear.
Last edited by NV02; 03-02-20 at 05:32 PM.
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