japatton@icloud.com

So, like the title says who makes the best one. I like the Rugged Ridge Aluminum Hood Catch, as well as Drake's. What are you guys running? Pro's and cons?

Joe_B

If you just want to stop the hood flutter than go with the cheap daystar kit.

ade

RR alum. All pro no con.

shabbernigdo

just bought the rr ones from amazon but they sent me some shitty chinese ripoffs.

Jeepn4fun

I got the Daystar and have not a problem since. Feel much better on the windy days now.

Mark Doiron

Define "best". It was your chosen word. Cheapest? Zip-ties. 100% effective (until they break--carry spares). Daystar? 98% effective. There are still reports of hood dance in the worst conditions (I live in Oklahoma--I **know** worst conditions). Rugged Ridge and other brands of metal latches? 100% efficacy, but expensive for something that a pair of fifteen cent Zip-ties can fix. Some people love looks, some hate. So where are you? What's important to you when you write "best"? Cost? Efficacy? Aesthetics? Some compromise?

Smudgeontheglass

I've definitely been told the Drake ones are $200 of garbage. The locks break and so do the normal pins.

I haven't really seen a complaint about the Rugged Ridge ones.

japatton@icloud.com

Functionality first, looks second. I'm finally at a point in my life where I can afford something better than zip ties...

japatton@icloud.com

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking...

JKphotoshoot

If you run hood vents the stock ones work fine. The hood vents eliminate the flutter.
If you just want bling I like the drakes and RR.