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Keep hood pins or not ????

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Old Aug 8, 2014 | 09:55 AM
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AFTER DOING AN OIL CHANGE, WHEN I CLOSED THE HOOD THE HOOD WOULD LATCH ,
I TRIED EVERYTHING BUT IT WAS STUCK.
I WAS LEAVING OUT OF TOWN THE NEXT MORNING AND WIFE WAS GOING TO BE DRIVING THE CAR SO AS A QUICK FIX I HAD SOME HOOD PINS LAYING AROUND SO I INSTALLED THEM.

NOW , IN YOUR OPINION SHOULD I REMOVE THE HOOD PINS OR LEAVE THEM??
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Old Aug 8, 2014 | 03:47 PM
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...I'd take them off.
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Old Aug 9, 2014 | 05:47 AM
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Yikes.
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Old Aug 9, 2014 | 08:39 AM
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if you take them out you will holes, shoulda fixed the hood latch in the 1st place
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Old Aug 9, 2014 | 09:10 AM
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lol. thats funny to do as a quick fix. its pretty ugly though.
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