AeroCatch HOOD PINS install (pictures needed)

[06B7audiA4]

Where exactly did everyone mount there hood pins? Ive noticed a few different spots people choose IF there hood didnt come with them preinstalled.
Pictures of under the hood where the pins mount would greatly be appreciated and above of course.
Any problems, list em, and any other advice...Thks

FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW...yes i bought a carbon fiber Hood...

[B6JoeS4]

why do you want hoodpins?

[italia8287]

why do you want hoodpins?

maybe hes got a carbon fiber hood?

[EMAXX]

My guess is that he got a CF hood?

[06B7audiA4]

maybe hes got a carbon fiber hood?

lol Yes that would be the point :P

Any Help

[Grishbok]

just gonna hazard a guess, carbon fiber hood?

[Maverick]

it's aerocatch hood pins, not aerolatch.

get the hoods pins from Autobahn exotics.

you mount the hoods pins on the radiator support, do some calculations first. I didn't do it myself but I saw how my body shop guy did it. some cutting and modification is required because it will not be perfect the first few times.

[06B7audiA4]

it's aerocatch hood pins, not aerolatch.

get the hoods pins from Autobahn exotics.

you mount the hoods pins on the radiator support, do some calculations first. I didn't do it myself but I saw how my body shop guy did it. some cutting and modification is required because it will not be perfect the first few times.

U da man...Can u please take a picture of under the hood as well as the hood shut to see where u mounted everything..
Again thks for the help

[whitevdub]

i think you need some cf mirror housings to match now! haha...this should look great

[Maverick]

ok, i will.

I suggest that you paint your hood after you put on the hood pins because you will get tired of the CF look. CF's color fades as time goes by,

[eskimopunk]

i'll take some pics right now of mine. the place i went to had to shave the bolts down - as in cut them more than half in length lol so they'd fit

[matttl16]

i cut my pins really short so they would fit above the headlight my camera is dead right now so i only have a pic of the outside but as soon as i get a chance to take them once the battery is charged i will

[06B7audiA4]

i cut my pins really short so they would fit above the headlight my camera is dead right now so i only have a pic of the outside but as soon as i get a chance to take them once the battery is charged i will

lol on the aerocatch page/website, they show this is not the proper way to mount them...Have u had a problems...Ill try and find the diagraphm i viewed.

DOES however make sense you mounted them there in that direction for easy access to mount the bolts..

[06B7audiA4]

ok, i will.

I suggest that you paint your hood after you put on the hood pins because you will get tired of the CF look. CF's color fades as time goes by,

Im going to have part of it painted and part stay carbon..Going with the lines of the hood if you catch my drift...Yea I know Carbon fades over time but I plan to put a clear coat on it or some kind of protective.

And as for the paint schedule..Im going to install the aerocatch's then paint I beleive...Wouldnt this be the proper way, cause if I painted first, then the paint would chip once drilled for the holes...IDK just my thought

[blackbox619]

my cars in the shop now. ill post pics of the aerocatch when the work is done.

[Quattro]

ummm, ill take some pics of mine tomorrow for ya.

I have my hood off (which I am selling) so i can show you where the pins are located. Essentially you can run them wide or close, shouldnt matter. To answer for matt, he has not had any problems the way he has his installed, I am even more confident, he has gone well over the MPH to test it =)

[eskimopunk]

Shitty pics. Deal with it.
















No stock latch now :)

[Echo3One]

Here is a pic of the placement of pins on my hood/

[eskimopunk]

a couple better pics for general placement

[06B7audiA4]

AWESOME feedback this is really what i needed and wanting...LOVE THE ZINE!

[vintagespin]

a couple better pics for general placement

great looking car. it's a nice look seeing the rings blacked out instead of the trim, i didn't think it'd look that good but it's great. reverse of what everybody else is doing

nice!

[06B7audiA4]

Just ordered...2 of the 3 places I tried didnt have them in stock,lol

Found a place, 105 shipped and ill have them in 3 days :P otherwise i would of had to wait a week for the locking ones to come in for eurogear and somewhere else then a week to receive...

[eskimopunk]

great looking car. it's a nice look seeing the rings blacked out instead of the trim, i didn't think it'd look that good but it's great. reverse of what everybody else is doing

nice!

thanks i actually sanded the chrome trim, thats why its not so bright and reflective lol

[vintagespin]

thanks i actually sanded the chrome trim, thats why its not so bright and reflective lol

i was going to say, it looks different! and good! there's somebody on the b6 forum who did the reverse (as everybody does... black out the trim and leave the rings chrome) but he sanded the rings and it looked really good. i think i might do that because i can't get over how good the blacked out trim looks with the DG paint but i do think the stock rings are too shiny IMO.


what grit sandpaper did you use/ how did you do it?

[eskimopunk]

i was going to say, it looks different! and good! there's somebody on the b6 forum who did the reverse (as everybody does... black out the trim and leave the rings chrome) but he sanded the rings and it looked really good. i think i might do that because i can't get over how good the blacked out trim looks with the DG paint but i do think the stock rings are too shiny IMO.


what grit sandpaper did you use/ how did you do it?

i originally sanded the rings too and it looked pretty good but a sprayed them black cos i felt like a change.

i used 400 grit then 800 then 1000 then 1200. just make sure you stop before it starts to yellow.

[matttl16]

lol on the aerocatch page/website, they show this is not the proper way to mount them...Have u had a problems...Ill try and find the diagraphm i viewed.

DOES however make sense you mounted them there in that direction for easy access to mount the bolts..

ya the bolts are across through the radiatro support and all i id was cut the pins shorter so that they would not hit top of the headlight housing... i have had no problem what so ever with them in this location and they are very easily accessable... at least on our cars

[eskimopunk]

anyone having trouble closing the latches? my right one doesn't close 95% of the time anymore and i have to use my nail to push the spring a little to take pressure off so it closes easily. kind of annoying.

And does anyone have their OG hood struts still on? if so is the hood bent or warped or anything from the strut being on one side?

[matttl16]

no hood strut here... but i do have trouble closing the latches... i used to use a flat head screwdrive to ait me but latley i have been able to close them...

[Sly Raskal]

Awesome pics guys.

I've always wondered how you align the pins to the latch.

So how do you know where to put the latch so it will line up with the pins? What's the process?

[06B7audiA4]

this thread was def a good idea for those who didnt understand like myself.

[eskimopunk]

no hood strut here... but i do have trouble closing the latches... i used to use a flat head screwdrive to ait me but latley i have been able to close them...

i took my latch off. and i just lock it with the screw driver so it doesnt say my hood is open on the dash lol

[eskimopunk]

Awesome pics guys.

I've always wondered how you align the pins to the latch.

So how do you know where to put the latch so it will line up with the pins? What's the process?

go to a good body shop. but basically its trial and error. you put the pins in where you think they'll line up and try and used the tip to mark under the hood. They had to keep cutting away from my hood for the hole for the latches and they only just fit lol.

Make sure your hood is nicely aligned before you get them installed too, cos you dont wanna get them installed then try and move your hood a quarter inch to either side cos then they won't align with the pins after that lol

[06B7audiA4]

thks for the tips everyone! get the pins in a couple days

[Greg9]

I am going to pick up a set of aerocatch hood pins for a factoryFive cobra I am building. On the site i pasted below they have pictured on the white car a set in chrome. normally Im not a huge chrome guy but I think the chrome aerocatch pins would look great on my dark blue 65 cobra rep. The window trim and such would match. I have been searching but I cant find them in chrome. Anybody ever seen them?

Heres a like to the page...

http://www.3sx.com/store/comersus_vi...dProduct=26361

[blackbox619]

[Draxus]

Paint the roof black mate!