Discovery Hood Latch Options

[Rover De Land]

Im not replacing the crappy stock hood latch.

Im just trying to get some good ideas before I buy something.

Id rather not use hood pins.

heres some of my ideas?

obviously there all the same style what do yall think?>

 

[Dendy Jarrett]

Personally, I'd like to use Camel Trophy hood pins on mine, but I have not been able to find them.
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[Rover De Land]

thanks for posting that! I never knew they used hood pins! Now I see them looks good ill probably do something similar.

 

[Chazz Layne]

Post up a link if you find them. I never gave it much thought until I saw this thread, but mine has been a little tough to open lately...

 

[fishEH]

I like the bottom two options. The top one looks expensive. Just those push pins alone cost a pretty penny.
Have you tried lubing your cable. A friend of mine lubed his entire cable and it was like butter. Might be worth a try?

 

[Paladin]

Personally, I'd like to use Camel Trophy hood pins on mine, but I have not been able to find them.
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Any close-ups of them? Are they just standard hood-pins?

I've got these on my trackday car and they are decent quality.

http://www.sparcousa.com/ptuning_acc.asp?id=297

 

[UnfrozenCaveman]

As much as I hate to say this "out loud"...my crappy stock hood latch is 17 years old this month...still seems to work okay?????

 

[burn_e]

@Paladin your trackday pins are exactly what Nashvillerover is talking about.

I used them on my Disco1 to reduce the wobble of the bonnet during higher speed. Worked a charm just make sure you get a version with stainless or alloy pin.

 

[Paladin]

Yeah, mine are not, and the pins are starting to rust. The other parts are aluminum. Oh well, it's a working car, not a garage queen.

Just looked at Summit Racing, they have lots of hood pins, but none of them are captive like the Sparco ones.

 

[dieselandmud]

http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productdetails.asp?RecID=776

 

[Rovertrader]

oh yea, that's the ticket Chris!!

 

[Devinchi]

Or you can find the Sparco ones here.

http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=4566