Swapped hoods with my s13's, hoodpins don't fit? - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum

Daniel. · 04-20-2006, 02:25 AM

I don't know if anyone else has ever come across this problem before.

On my pignose s13 I had no trouble moving the wiring harness out from under the radiator support and tightening down my hood pins. The driver's side was a little higher than the passenger side, but it wasn't enough to make a difference.

On the driver's side, there is a hardline there (A/C condenser line?) that is blocking the hoodpin from going all the way down. No problem... the hoodpins still latch without a problem.

Upon transferring the hoodpins to my chuki s13 the same hardlines from before are now positioned slightly differently so that now, the same driver's side hoodpin will not go down far enough.

So i guess my question is, can anyone with a 91-93 s13 explain how they setup their hoodpins?

I'm considering cutting one of the pins a little shorter to make it fit.

Here's a pic of the original install on my fastback.
If anyone is wondering, I'm inserting the hoodpins into the factory predrilled holes on the radiator support.

Andrew Bohan · 04-20-2006, 02:27 AM

cut it

/problem

Daniel. · 04-20-2006, 04:38 PM

besides cutting it, ;]

so no one has hoodpins on a chuki s13?

Ritz S14 · 04-20-2006, 04:46 PM

Bend the hardline?

04-20-2006, 02:25 AM	#1
Daniel. Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Age: 40 Posts: 3,713 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Daniel. Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Swapped hoods with my s13's, hoodpins don't fit? I don't know if anyone else has ever come across this problem before. On my pignose s13 I had no trouble moving the wiring harness out from under the radiator support and tightening down my hood pins. The driver's side was a little higher than the passenger side, but it wasn't enough to make a difference. On the driver's side, there is a hardline there (A/C condenser line?) that is blocking the hoodpin from going all the way down. No problem... the hoodpins still latch without a problem. Upon transferring the hoodpins to my chuki s13 the same hardlines from before are now positioned slightly differently so that now, the same driver's side hoodpin will not go down far enough. So i guess my question is, can anyone with a 91-93 s13 explain how they setup their hoodpins? I'm considering cutting one of the pins a little shorter to make it fit. Here's a pic of the original install on my fastback. If anyone is wondering, I'm inserting the hoodpins into the factory predrilled holes on the radiator support. __________________

04-20-2006, 04:38 PM	#3
Daniel. Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Age: 40 Posts: 3,713 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Daniel. Feedback Score: 0 reviews	besides cutting it, ;] so no one has hoodpins on a chuki s13? __________________

04-20-2006, 02:27 AM	#2
Andrew Bohan Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,331 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	cut it /problem

04-20-2006, 04:46 PM	#4
Ritz S14 Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: C A L I F O R N I A Age: 43 Posts: 3,586 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Bend the hardline?