v8eater

Finally got a few pics of my hood vents and pins. Vents come from a Chevy Lumina Z24. I made the hood pins from scrap SS rod and SS fender washers. More pics in my albums.

What'cha yall think?
James L.

REWSTER

looks good, any pics under the hood of the pins i have a set that i have yet to install

v8eater

Few under the hood shots.

bhfear

looks good i like the spring idea

96Cherokee113

x2. Pretty crafty with the springs. If I ever do hood pins, that's how I'm gonna do the springs.

alwaysxj

i like not everyday you see this so it is something different for a change.

jeepinxj

looks good what kinda vents are those

94xjstud

I love the look. I did the same thing with the springs on mine. Pretty easy once you figure out how to take off the header panel and headlight loom.

X1994J

Looks good man. I like what you did with the wire to hold the pins, I get sick of finding somewhere to stash mine so I don't lose them every time I open the hood. I might just have to copy you on that.

I think 4 pins are cooler than 2 though.

v8eater

I like four pins also and have them on my dragcar(long term project) with fiberglass hood. I still have the hinges on the XJ.

On a side note...I'm building bumpers very simuliar to the silver ones you have in your photo album. How far does that silver one stick out in front for a winch?
James L.

X1994J

Not very far, we tried to keep it tight. I actually had to trim the grille to go around the winch. I like it much better this way. Dont want to de-rail your thread here.. let me see if I can find a better pic of it.

This is the best pic I have if it at work, I can take more at home if you want a better pic. Let me know.

XJmanXJ

i like that idea where did you get the hardware?

halmotors

Looks good and well-done, but why use hood pins on a stock XJ hood? Why not use the stock hardware? I can see using them on an aftermarket hood.