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Hood - Rubber Strip Replacement

DeucesWild11

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OK so I didn't see any posts on this and it was a quick and fairly easy install so I wanted to share it. I mainly wanted to share my tip for bending the pins so they don't fall out.

I bought the kit from Saturn for around $12.50 for the kit, two rubber strips and all the pins that were a pain in the A$$ to bend back. Not sure if you can see them in the pic that well. So I pushed them in and stuck a screw driver in the middle of the pin to bend back each side. Well it was a tight spot under the hood and those pins a rather strong. They have a similar style to a cotter pin but with a flat back, sorry I don't know the correct name.

Anyway I bent both sides a little over but couldn't get a tight fit. Then it hit me, use that weird vice grip that I had in my tool chest forever and never used. It worked like a charm but you'll need to already have the pins bent back a little. Sorry for the pic it was night time. The Vice grip was not wide enough to reach the back two so I used an old metal clamp. A "C" clamp would probably work well too. Now they are nice and tight and the hood doesn't rattle anymore. Not to mention two metal parts rubbing together causes rust too!. I rust proofed mine before installing the rubber strips.

I thought it was a good, cheap and worthwhile upgrade since there was nothing there before . I didn't even know there was supposed to be two strips there until I stumbled onto the kit online! Ha!
 

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DeucesWild11

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Thanks Jonathan! I was debating rivets too but I thought the mounting holes were too large and perhaps the rivets may damage the rubber. It was one of those jobs that you think would be a piece of cake and then WTF??
 

steelandcanvas

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Thanks Jonathan! I was debating rivets too but I thought the mounting holes were too large and perhaps the rivets may damage the rubber. It was one of those jobs that you think would be a piece of cake and then WTF??
I just happened to have the right size rivets handy, and took a chance. I agree, simple job, I'll have this done in no time. NOT!
 

Flyingvan911

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The rear corners of my hood rattle. They flex in and out like the truck is breathing real fast when at an idle. I plan to put a little rubber back there to stop them.
 

JCKnife

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I've got 2 strips cut out of an old tire and I was planning on using screws (like the ones I took out) but I'll try the rivets--thanks!
 

Woodsplinter

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I put my kit on today using 3/16" aluminum pop rivets & washers.
Worked perfect and only took 5 minutes.
Thanks to you guys before me, I didn't waste any time or effort with the steel rivets that came with them.
WAS NOT HAPPY being charged $9.89 for shipping!
Two little pieces of rubber that could have been sent in an envelope were instead sent in a big box with about a cubic foot of peanuts-really?
 
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