... don't work!!

They are really no better than the old latches they replace. At normal highway speeds (65~80) they work fine. Throw in some head wind or pass a big rig going the other way on a two lane highway and the hood stills dances just as bad as it did with the pre-recall latches.

For now I went back to the zip tie fix. Next step seems to be the Daystar latch route. Do they actually work and put a stop to the hood flutter?

Thanks for your inputs.

 

Howabout a picture to compare, for the '07 + '08 owners......

 

With head winds and trucks on the highway doing 75 they seem to hold the hood down quite fine on mine...

 

I had the same thing happen with my 09 the other day. We were on the highway at about 75 mph, as I got close to the back of an 18 wheeler the hood started bouncing up and down. Scared the @#&@ out of me, definitely gotta look into fixing it.

 

No pics needed, the '09 latches look the same, only a little stiffer at first. Seems like after a month or two, they start stretching and are no better than the previous ones.

So, back to the original question... how do the Daystar latches seem to work over time? I understand they are much stiffer than the Mopar OEM ones.

 

From what I hear the Daystar latches work well, I just took off my hood spring and have not had an issue since. It's free and takes about 30 seconds to accomplish.

 

x2 on removing the spring. it doesnt do a thing for the JK and its a perfect free fix

 

Mine totally solved my problems. Night and day difference. $7, 5 min, and I still have the spring.

 

Yeah, mine worked fine for almost two months. I guess the warm weather we've already had down here must of stretched them because the hood was jumping all over they place on the two lane highway a few days ago.

 

Mine never worked on my 2009. I could not tell a difference in the recall ones and the ones it came with. Jumps all the time.