Hood pins?

[Vranes17]

Can you install the little hood securer things /hood pins on a KJ?

 

[TruLiberty]

Can you install the little hood securer things /hood pins on a KJ?

i dont see why not....just be drillin...

 

[Ry' N Jen]

Can you install the little hood securer things /hood pins on a KJ?

Sure, why not?
You can get them with either hood pins or cylindrical "Non pick-able" locks.

 

[Vranes17]

anyone have a picture with a stock kj with them on?

 

[TruLiberty]

anyone have a picture with a stock kj with them on?

prolly not, never heard of anyone doing it.

 

[tjkj2002]

Don't forget the obnoxiously huge rear spoiler mounted upside down to go along with those hood pins

 

[HoosierJeeper]

Don't forget the obnoxiously huge rear spoiler mounted upside down to go along with those hood pins

(lol)

Hood pins would be a nice back up if the hood latch were to fail....

 

[tjkj2002]

Hood pins would be a nice back up if the hood latch were to fail....

Those hood pin kits you see at those local auto parts stores will fail way before the stock hood latch will.Plus now you got to do twice the work to open the hood,have to pull both pins then get back in the cabin and hit the hood latch release then open the hood.If you want hood pins remove the OEM latch,seen to many vehicle burn up with both from underhood fires and they could not open the hood fast enough before all was lost.

 

[HoosierJeeper]

Those hood pin kits you see at those local auto parts stores will fail way before the stock hood latch will.Plus now you got to do twice the work to open the hood,have to pull both pins then get back in the cabin and hit the hood latch release then open the hood.If you want hood pins remove the OEM latch,seen to many vehicle burn up with both from underhood fires and they could not open the hood fast enough before all was lost.

Yeah...I just thought of that....

Now what would be nice is a latch set up like a TJ or JK....

 

[Vranes17]

doing it more for the look

 

[JLRockies]

I worked for a company that offered among other things; stick-on hood pins. So you can get that race look without the drilling. True story.

 

[04Liberty]

My Road Runner came with them. It WAS a rabid PITA to pop the hood and forget to pull the pins.

 

[Ry' N Jen]

I have hood pins for my bonnet on my Mini as well as mil spec 500 lbs. side release buckles for the front part of the hood.
But the whole bonnet is fibre glass completely removable and only weighs in at 10-12 pounds.

 

[twack]

ya i got hood pins on my taln but thats because its a carbon fiber hood and it would rip a latch. I just cant see the point on a kj unless its a cheap fix, i just dont think it wold look that good maybe it would

 

[Powerslave]

I think hood-pins on the jeep would look tacky... Rice it up if ya want...

 

[Vranes17]

not hood pins, but the latch things that come on the wranglers

 

[Jeepin05]

Hey Twack, I'm a former DSMer myself - 90 Talon (loved it). What year/model do you have? I used to be obsessed with turbo engines and street racing...a complete 180 from the KJ .

 

[04Liberty]

I think hood-pins on the jeep would look tacky... Rice it up if ya want...

Funny thing is, hood pins are from real race cars (starting back in the day) that migrated to muscle cars. Ricers just don't know any better.

 

[Powerslave]

Yeah, and the Jeep hardly classifies as muscle car, so it would be rice. Did you ever look at that site, laugh at rice? It's funny what people actually DO to their cars.

http://laughatrice.com/phpBB3/gallery2.php

 

[04Liberty]

It's one of my favorite sites, I've even sent them a few pictures.