Daystar Hood Latches...If you have them...
10-13-2009, 07:30 PM
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I just got the daystar hood latches and having difficulty with the install. I noticed that the replacement bands are shorter than the original. I assume this is how the hood lift is eliminated however for the life of me, I cant get the hood latched with them. I think they are a bit too short. For those of you that have these, is this the way it should be? In order to get the hood closed, I think I have to muscle it but Im afraid of causing some sort of damage.
I double checked and the package says for the JK model and I received it sealed so its not a shipping error.
Thanks! Just wanted to throw it around here before I decide to return these things. I already broke off the pins on the original latches as per the instructions so Im stuck with using the bolts to attach the original latches.
Bubba
I double checked and the package says for the JK model and I received it sealed so its not a shipping error.
Thanks! Just wanted to throw it around here before I decide to return these things. I already broke off the pins on the original latches as per the instructions so Im stuck with using the bolts to attach the original latches.
Bubba
10-13-2009, 10:34 PM
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This is the first time I have heard of the Daystars loosening up. I have used these on both JKs I owned, the first one for 2 years with no problems and on my new JK for 10 months with no problems too. Best fix yet, I tried the '09 latches and tube trick with no luck.
10-13-2009, 11:23 PM
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i bought mine off a guy on here gettin off his lease, so mine worked fine, no problems, put them on when i was home for R+R, very good investment, i hated that whole hood lift, kept thinkin the hood was gonna come up at me when i was driving, so i would always slow down as a reaction, but now, i dont even see the hood move. Thanks DAYSTAR!!
10-14-2009, 08:44 AM
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No contact or loss of paint that I can tell of yet, though.
10-14-2009, 08:54 AM
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10-14-2009, 09:14 AM
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I put them on last night. Didn't bother to take the parts off the hood like the instructions say. Just put material between my channel locks and the hood. Old parts came out pretty easily. New ones went on just as easy. Yeah, tight fight, but now the hood doesn't move.
I just wish I still had my hood spring that I removed last year. Maybe I can get a new one for cheap.
I just wish I still had my hood spring that I removed last year. Maybe I can get a new one for cheap.