How to install aerocatch hood pins(flush with hood)

[rabies]

ninja hood pins.
you need an..
angle grinder
plyers.
sawzall(or dremel with cutting blades)
star bit and 13mm to remove existing hood popper junk.
a drill with same bit size of pin.


put popper assembly where you want it. then mark where pin will come out.
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/rick_rabies/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0878.jpg (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/rick_rabies/media/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0878.jpg.html)
not ideal
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/rick_rabies/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0879.jpg (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/rick_rabies/media/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0879.jpg.html)
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/rick_rabies/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0881.jpg (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/rick_rabies/media/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0881.jpg.html)
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/rick_rabies/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0882.jpg (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/rick_rabies/media/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0882.jpg.html)

drill your hole then marker around the popper dealy
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/rick_rabies/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0883.jpg (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/rick_rabies/media/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0883.jpg.html)

drill hole through hood into front end peice. bolt in pin
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/rick_rabies/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0884.jpg (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/rick_rabies/media/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0884.jpg.html)



youl have to take out your headlights.
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/rick_rabies/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0885.jpg (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/rick_rabies/media/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0885.jpg.html)

youl have to remove your headlight buckets also to remove the existing hood popper spring thingies. the back side nut inside engine is welded to bracket.

nevermind my gap here
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/rick_rabies/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0886.jpg (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/rick_rabies/media/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0886.jpg.html)

remove the pin now and start cutting...dont cut too much
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/rick_rabies/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0887.jpg (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/rick_rabies/media/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0887.jpg.html)

keep eating at the metal. i used an angle grinder with cutting blad and sawzall.
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/rick_rabies/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0888.jpg (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/rick_rabies/media/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0888.jpg.html)

2 layers
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/rick_rabies/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0889.jpg (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/rick_rabies/media/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0889.jpg.html)

once its fits in. mark the blt holes. drill the holes. bolt it in.
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/rick_rabies/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0892.jpg (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/rick_rabies/media/XJ%20Jeep/NCM_0892.jpg.html)

bolt your pin back in. using the threads adjust it how high it needs to be. then tighten. itl fit in the popper dealy. closing the popper lide it slides in through the pin.

finished products...
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/rick_rabies/XJ%20Jeep/IMG_0978-2.jpg (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/rick_rabies/media/XJ%20Jeep/IMG_0978-2.jpg.html)
:goodjob:

[oderdene]

well done, looks super clean

[nickyg]

Looks cool, I would love to do this but I'm too much of a chicken to cut into my baby.


way much better then the old pins we use to use.

[rabies]

older pins would be much easier. but i wanted to kinda hide the fact i have hood pins now. only problem is now that i removed all the old stuff theres no spring to push the hood up when its not locked down.
i.e. hard to pull the hood up when i unlock latches. i have to pry the side of it up first

[4.3LXJ]

Might be time for a write up on a spring install :D