any better looking hood pins???

[driftkid316]

i like the way regular hood pins look but like the idea of ones with a lock better but just hate the way they look. is there any better looking ones than this style?

[ALTRNTV]

IMO, those look better than the regular hood pins.

[!Zar!]

I agree.

I'd just file the edges down a little that way the change from the hood to the hood pins isn't so drastic.

[DJPimpFlex]

I've heard storys about those just brakeing and the hood flying up just the same.

[nrg]

I have these on my car: http://www.behrents.com/Merchant2/4....10&Screen=PROD
quick picture I took, dont mind the bluriness.

[Maeda]

Cute. Personally I would run the biggest most bad ass hoodpin I could find.

Windshields are expensive.

Lawsuits from your hood hitting the car behind you at 90 in california is even more so.

[ThatGuy]

Here are the one's I'm planning to purchase. They a more expensive then typical pins, but they AUTO-LATCH!.

http://www.hoodpins.com/

I wouldn't really be worried with how cool the pins look. You should be more concerned with how well the pins work.

[Need2Boost]

I have had the locking pins before and somewhat like them. Like them because I can lock my hood (no latch), but the locking mechanism is very flimsy and sometime loses track. I end up using the conventional sparco/veilside pins.

[NIK90s13]

Originally Posted by ThatGuy

Here are the one's I'm planning to purchase. They a more expensive then typical pins, but they AUTO-LATCH!.

http://www.hoodpins.com/

I wouldn't really be worried with how cool the pins look. You should be more concerned with how well the pins work.

Those are freakin sweet!!!! You are right about function over form. I would like to hear how they work when you get them!!!

[ESone3]

They have them in powder coated black! Oooh!

[s13silvia03]

Originally Posted by ThatGuy

Here are the one's I'm planning to purchase. They a more expensive then typical pins, but they AUTO-LATCH!.

http://www.hoodpins.com/

I wouldn't really be worried with how cool the pins look. You should be more concerned with how well the pins work.

Those do look very functional, there actually located like 10 mins from my house too

[Maeda]

Originally Posted by ThatGuy

Here are the one's I'm planning to purchase. They a more expensive then typical pins, but they AUTO-LATCH!.

http://www.hoodpins.com/

I wouldn't really be worried with how cool the pins look. You should be more concerned with how well the pins work.

Great find. I'm using these babies (granted the hold the hood/trunk really well).

[Daniel.]

Jesus, those are 120 bucks. O_O

They look like they would be very functional though. I might consider those as my next set.

[phreze]

I like the powder coated ones nice and stealthy.

[chmercer]

id stick with the traditional cotter pin or captive pin japanese style pins, the locking type are very prone to failure, the hoodpins.com type if you look at them you will notice that there is only like 5mm of engagment, maybe good enough for a showcar, not good enough for me.

http://www.aerocatch.com/introduction.html

this is the only kind of pin i would consider outside of the traditional cotter designs.

[Steeles]

Originally Posted by DJPimpFlex

I've heard storys about those just brakeing and the hood flying up just the same.

yup happend to my first CF hood. one of them refused to stay locked. the other one broke luckily it didn't break my windshield but DID put dents in my roof and destroyed the sunroof visor. I now use sparcos.

[ThatGuy]

Originally Posted by chmercer

id stick with the traditional cotter pin or captive pin japanese style pins, the locking type are very prone to failure, the hoodpins.com type if you look at them you will notice that there is only like 5mm of engagment, maybe good enough for a showcar, not good enough for me.

http://www.aerocatch.com/introduction.html

this is the only kind of pin i would consider outside of the traditional cotter designs.

The hoodpins.com ones, have the hole for a cotter pin for added security if it makes you feel any better. I had planned to run the cotter pins on mine, just because I like redundancy when it comes to safety. Those aerocatch ones look pretty PIMP too. Nice find chmercer.

[DJPimpFlex]

Yea I've used sparcos in combination with the built in latch for 3 track days and it was good. My new hood doesnt have a latch, so I will be using 4 hood pins and not the hinges so the hood is easy to take off. I like the Sparcos, simple and cheep. $35 a set or something and the come in different colors!

[ThatGuy]

The Aerocatch pins are $162 from Top secret
http://www.topsecretjpn.com/ac.shtml
The same pinss from Coast Fab are only $86
http://www.coastfab.com/products.php?cat=77
Why the difference?

[chmercer]

top secret sells to ricers who think that more money = better? *shrug*

[ThatGuy]

^

Thanks for the link chmercer. I thought I had found the best hood pins, but I'm leaning towards the Aerocatch ones now. Awesome find!