I was pretty tired of how scary my "Hood Flutter" was, so I purchased a set of Drake Hood hold down latches. The removal of the old hood latches and the installation of the Drake hood latches is very straight forward and really quite easy. the portion that is attached to the hood is very simple to remove, and the new ones are very simple to install. the lower portion, that is attached just above the fenders are a little trickier to remove and install the new components, but with a deep-well 13mm and a slim ratchet, it wasn't too bad. The kit came with all new hardware to install the new hood latches, but you can also use the old hardware if you choose. It was very easy to install, and only took about 20 minutes, start to finish. It makes me feel a whole lot better, not watching my hood jump and lurch every time a semi goes by, or the wind is blowing a little bit!

 

I fixed my hood flutter in about 2 minutes with a couple black zip ties. under 5 bucks. rock on

 

Lovely!

 

I have the drakes as well and really like them; however I get how some are happy to use the zip tie method. I like the convenience of pulling to pins and opening my hood.....and I like the way the Drakes look in general compared to some of the others.

I removed that spring under the hood too.

 

I've had my Drakes for about 2 years and I have the locking ones. I have to keep them lubed otherwise the bearings and mechanism gets stuck. The black has also faded to damn near gold in the Phoenix, AZ sun though.

 

Those look great but if you are on a budget and really want to get rid of the flutter,all you need to do is remove the spring under the hood. Problem solved

 

Hey resharp001...is this similar to what you have?

I've been looking at these but was wondering how big of a pain it is to have to unlock/lock both pins. Probably not a big deal since it isn't like you get under the hood every time you get in the vehicle. Seems like you are pretty pleased with them...correct?

 

That is the locking model. I just have the normal non-locking ones. I'm happy with mine in both form and function. I think it would be a pain to unlock those all the time and I open my hood a lot. That said, my jeep is garaged and I'm not worried about theft of anything in my engine bay.