hood pins: your opinion?

[CB]

I just painted my hood flat black and thethough of adding the pins came up.
Love the look of hood pins (with the cable) on a muscle car.
Do you like them? Does any one have them on a 2nd gen Charger ( if so, please post pic )
Or are you against it and why?
Is there a wrong thing to do?
Oh yes, where can you find the propper ones?
Thanks

[694spdRT]

Here is a General with pins.

[8WHEELER]

I put them on my car back in 1980 with the cable's and all, I liked the looks and the hood no
longer moved around at high speeds and racing.

But remember if your going back to stock ever again it can bite you in the A$$, I was putting
my car back to stock 5yrs ago and the body shop welded the big holes in and after driving it a few
times the paint started to bubble in those areas. They braised it painted it again same problems, then
they wanted a hood that had no surface rust on the bottom side and no hood pin holes, well I did
that and the hood has stayed fine for 5yrs now.

Some body shops don't know how to weld areas the see a lot of heat.

Dan

[andy74]

my car had them when i bought it-never really trusted em though,so when it was body work time we filled them in.been over a year and 4000 miles,no problems.i guess i like the look on some cars,just didnt want them on mine-andy

[dd44068]

me personally  i dont like them one bad move and there goes the paint

[Silver R/T]

I like them on 2nd gen

[cudaken]

 CB, I would not add them my self. They are a big pain to remove. I did in stall them on mine, but I lost the factory latch!

My hood is flat black as well, but that was due to the fire. I had 30 hour's in my hood and did not want to spend that much time on it again.


                              Cuda Ken

[Brock Samson]

i don't care for them myself, as I like the clean lines and scoops and pins clutter the beauty...

[BigBlockSam]

i like them . Rene

[PocketThunder]

I love them on Road Runners but Chargers....well..... i guess i'm on the fence....

[Nacho-RT74]

I don't like or see them useable for street use either.

[ChargerRob]

they're ok 

[Johnny SixPack]

I like 'em.



I'm biased though.  


Johnny

[derailed]

 

[Chargerguy74]

love em

[Charged]

Hood pins are used on "Muscle" cars. A 69 Charger isent a "Muscle" car.

Charged

[CB]

Hood pins are used on "Muscle" cars. A 69 Charger isent a "Muscle" car.

Charged

[Charged]

Sarcastic joking my friend. 

My personal opinion:
They look good on certain cars. But 2nds are to square, flat, and use alot of straight lines. Pins break that flow and fuck it all up. Not drastically, but maybe in more of a subtle way. A way in which you really cant tell. But when you see another without the pins, most tend to like it better. Either way, a 69 is a beatiful car and a set of pins aint gonna make or break it.

3rds and e-bodies, etc. they have more rounded shapes...goes well with the round hood pin and the rounding shape the wire creates. Accent your car (and life in general) according to what "flows" with it.

Charged

[doctorpimp]

I like them on any Mopar Musclecar!

[Khyron]

I like them, however. I'm going to cut a different hood then my original

[41husk]

I want to put them on my challenger.  were do they go?  I would hate to drill holes in my hood only to find they were supposed to be mounted 3" bac or foreward   Same with my go wing for the deck.  Does anyone know were I can find that info?  Sorry in advance for the semi high jack

[NYCMille]

I would think the cables would scratch the paint no?

[CB]

I would think the cables would scratch the paint no?

I think the cables come covered with a plastic tube

[694spdRT]

Here is a case where I wish it would not have been done.

25,000 mile original unrestored survivor with hood pins added.

[MoparUSAF]

How do you keep the cables from scratching the paint?