Thread: Aerocatch Hood Pins

Some of you may remember this:
http://www.sr20-forum.com/showthread.php?t=5150

So, my plan is to not have that happen again.

Pic whoring start......now






Doug

PLEASE let me know how you installed them, mine have been sitting for close to year cause im scared to install them.

^^^ Freakin Nice garage...


Chris

tisk tisk ...i think its better looking then my room lmao ....btw i love those hood pins

No sweat.

1. Remove stock hood latch (temporarily)
2. Mount the pins in the location that you want (I used existing holes in the radiator support just inside of the rubber stops)
3. Set the height of the pins so the top of the pin is about as high as the fender
4. Place a dab of paint on the top of the pins and lower the hood.
5. Look to see where the paint is on the hood.
6. Drill a small hole only through the frame of the carbon fiber hood.
7. Drill a hole large enough for the hood pin to pass through and touch the bottom of the carbon fiber. Do the paint thing again.
8. Drill a small pilot hole there (7/32) through the hood
9. Place the template on the hood and center the crosshairs with the pilot hole.
10. I angled the locking mechanism a bit, mainly for looks.
11. Once you're this far, you get out the Dremel and become friends with your hood.
12. Remove all of the hood frame underneath the hole you just cut, so that you can bolt your latch to the hood with the screws/nuts they provide.
13. Clear sailing from there. The main thing I focused on, was making sure you take your time on the hole you align the template to on the hood.

It is somewhat nerve racking, so take your time

Of course, use painting tape on the hood, and cover the front of the car with an old bed sheet.

Here are some links I looked at
http://www.dsmpurity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=165

http://www.rgcmotorsports.com/hoodpininstall.html



Good luck,
Doug

I did purposely shoot towards the "clean" corner.

Thanks though

Doug

Great job Doug. Is it possible to get some pics of what you did underneath (mounting of pins and under hood pics of latch) and post them? Just curious how everything looks. BTW, what hood is that?

Thanks,
-L

looks nice, very clean install.

shots under the hood ?

stratton.

sick latches, i had a set on order for the short term fiberglass hood buy that was onthe other forum last year, luckely i was able to cancel the order.

good to see them on a b13 though and i bet you feel better having the extra locks on the expensive f'n hood

The hood is from Raceone in CA. It looks great and they packaged it very well.

Here are some shots underneath the hood and the location of the hood pins.






Doug