I'm considering getting some real hood pins for the 'stang and wondered how difficult they are to install. I know you have to do some drilling, but is it difficult to place the holes and what do the pins connect to under the hood? The ones on Shelby's site here are what I'm thinking of getting: http://www.shelbyautos.com/ShowDetail.asp?id=31
Seeing that I was in a similar spot, I asked around at a Mustang show to see how to do it. In the frame there are two pre-drilled holes I suppose you'd call them which fit the pins almost perfectly. Basically what you do is: Put the pins in the holes Close the hood Mark where the pins make contact with the hood Tape off the hood to prevent paint scratching as much as possible Drill into the hood, from the underside Close hood over the pins Place hood pin mount over the pin or pin through the mount whichever works best Mark holes for screws on the mount Remove mount Drill holes for screws I'm not sure how it all fastens together, but this is the basic idea of what you're going to do. I decided against real hood pins, even though they were less expensive than the fake ones simply because I didn't want to drill, nor did I want anyone else to, in the hood. Best recommendation is have a profesional body shop do them. It's a tough process. BTW... Autobots rule.
The pins there on shelby auto's site are nothing other than Ford Racing pins. I got them at JPC Racing for $35.00 1-866-JPC-RACE.
Lift your hood. The two holes are just to the outside of the outer rubber hoodstops. I just picked up the Ford pin kit and will be installing first week of April. I'll try to do a how-to and post it if I dont F*** it up.
