Anyone install a latch on a fiberglass hood?

[torredcuda]

Going to start working on getting my AAR hood on and not sure I want to trust just the hood pins thru fiberglass at 70mph or rare occasions I may hit 100mph. Anyone install a factory or aftermarket latch in the center and how did you do it - reinforcement plate etc.?

[Katfish]

I did

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/3206652/Searchpage/1/Main/261261/Words/%2BHood/Search/true/re-almost-had-a-disaster-need-a-solution-fixed.html#Post3206652

[torredcuda]

So it allows the hood to come up 4-5" before catching? I am looking for a solution that will hold the hood down tight the same as the factory latch would not a safety catch that lets it come up.

[Katfish]

Yeah, it's the secondary safety latch, not the primary.
Same concept, just bolt the loop to the hood.

Mine is an AAR brand hood, they milled out provisions for both.

I was initially unhappy with the extra holes, but then 15yrs later I end up using them.