i just bought a set hoping to replace my hood latch with em. but theres a warning that says that i should keep the hood latch enabled when i use these. do i really have to?


Modified by baconcrx at 3:36 PM 7/22/2006

 

if it says to then i would. but i wouldent put them on it is rice

 

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yeah it does look kinda rice. but right now my hood opens when i pull on alittle wire that sticks out from under the hood. and its starting to fray apart. and i dont feel like running a trunk cable

 

actually no.. your right. it is way to rice for my rex. so anyone know how to run a new hood cable? i never had one so i cant really just follow the old one or anything...

 

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There is a hole inside the inner fenderwell on the driver's side. It runs through there. Then it just goes up over the wheel arch, and then into the bay. It's really quite easy.

 

^ yes exactly, take ur driver side fender off and u should see the little mounting clips. it is very simple. if u need i can snap a pic of mine tommarow my fenders are off anyways

 

i dont know if this is gonna work but here ya go i found a pic.

 

click on it and it will blow it up. sorry it is still a little small, my first time doing anything with a pic on paint. so sorry.

but u get the idea of where to look

 

Those lockable hood pins are ****, I know a guy who had them and the lock jammed and he couldnt open his hood .... had to drill the lock out to get his hood open .....

They look big and ugly too.

 

uhh, why is everyone hating on hood locks? its another layer of secruity, sure they are easy to bypass, but still something else to slow them down. But hey thats just me, and they are fun to install lemme tell you

 

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Thats why!

 

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most people that have hood pins have a fiberglass or carbon hood if someone wanted to open all they would have to do is pull, the hood itself would break right off without much force, If you are that worried just use regular pins and if parked put a small luggage lock through instead of the pin, I wouldnt trust those locks for driving
use something like this these are what I have


and if you are really worried use some locks when parked. this pic has a pink one it must be JDM

 

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If someone was stupid enough to not read the package then they deserve that. They say, "No to be used in substitute for a hood latch"

You need the factory hood latch or some proper hood pins in conjunstion with the NRG or NRG replica locks.

 

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If someone was stupid enough to not read the package then they deserve that. They say, "No to be used in substitute for a hood latch"

You need the factory hood latch or some proper hood pins in conjunstion with the NRG or NRG replica locks.</TD></TR></TABLE>
they put those on the package to save their asses. Just like how almost every piece of aftermarket equipment is ment for "off road" use only.
Have you ever had hood locks/ pins? They work fine without the original latch. Install them correctly and get a good set and you'll be fine. The only time the hood flies up is when you forget to lock them.

 

i never had a problem, oh wait, thats probably because I installed mine correctly