Hood got painted, is on car, and they are fitting it but it didn't come with a latch, and cannot use the stock one because it is welded to the stock hood. What would I go about using for the latch? This is more of a question for Tbat considering hes got the same hood, wondering if his came with a latch or if these aftermarket hoods come with latches.

hood pins?

or cut the old latch off of the old hood?

The hood is fiberglass, holding down with just hood pins is bad idea and said it could crack. The body shop wants a latch for it to secure it down so when it leaves the shop they feel good that the hood wont fly up and cause damage to my vehicle. The guy from the shop wants me to order the hood pins but were all stuck on what were going to use for a latch and waiting to hear from extreme dimentions (extremley stupid) tech support. So we'll see I guess im going to Napa to get some hood pins.

No don't I'm sure there is a way. I'm pretty sure Tbat didn't use pins.

i orderd the same hood and they tech support toke 3 months to reply to my emails i emailed them 7 times and called them 4 times and they told me they got my emails....i decided to return the hood they refunded my money and have yet to come pic up the hood it was been lik 6 months now

That still doesn't help me, the hood's been painted, the hoods on the car, and the company said they'd get me some info on the latch but the guy at body shop reccomends i get hood pins...what do you all think?

im just sayin that i doubt they will get bak to you anytime soon soo i wouldnt even bother with them

Well currently at the moment there the only ones who can get me a latch for the hood, and as every day passes the rental car payments keep rising. I'm looking for a latch that will fit the hood.

Can't you just go to the junkyard and grind off a latch and weld it on the new hood?

u can't weld metal to fiberglass.

The hood was suppose to come with a latch and they cannot send me a latch because they only make them with the hood so i'd have to return the hood (its been painted already).

There is hope though, I got them to send me free hood pins overnight to me for the missing latch so the hood will be put down with hood pins (not my prefered choice) but the cost of the rental car per day is adding up and I cannot afford to have my car in shop for them to find an answer.

The body shop said that any other latch that they could try to make wouldn't happen cause there tech guys there wernt wanting to be reliable for having the hood fly open on me, however are allowing the hood pins because they feel its the safest way to get it down. This is very discomforting for me though aswell considering the hood is fiberglass and its going to be held down by pins, this could cause bouncing of the hood possibly and could cause the hood to crack so im not 100% happy but I'll have to live for my aftermarket hood choice.

I know! But I was thinking that your hood now was just one from a used WS6 and the latch had broke off. Didn't know it was brand new? ....my bad!

how do u have an oversight like not putting the latch in before laying some more fiberglass over it?...

Yup Taz its a brand new fiberglass WS6 hood. Hood pins i hope will be enough.

What do you mean by that?