Reviews for Crown Automotive 55176636K2 OE Style Hood Catch Kit for 97-06 Jeep Wrangler TJ & Unlimited
These installed easily and are high quality for the price!
I put these on a 01 TJ sport . Holds the hood nice and snug no bounce. They are a nice solid black color. Save any Nuts you remove from your Wrangler to use with these hood latches. They do not include nuts. Install is pretty easy. I've only had them on for 2 weeks so I can say much about durability.
Got this product a year ago as a birthday present. While the latches themselves look nice and have stayed the same black color I purhcased them as, the nuts and bolts that attach them into place have begun turning an oranish color, presumably from rust. In hindset I'll recomend sticking with your stock bolts, at least my stock ones didn't show any sort of rust and they were 20 years old. I will say though that these do have a great fit, and make the hood lock in very securely.
I'm rating these as a four for now - I don't know how they will hold up - but my factory ones lasted 15+ years and of those only one failed. Two of the nuts in the included hardware were the wrong size. The bolts for the hood catch (hood side) are longer on the stock version than these and the factory nuts have a larger diameter flange. I just reused the factory mounting hardware - so to pay for the new hardware is a waste......I hope the hardware package is not indicative of the plastic and rubber quality. The fit is good.
Works
I only gave these three stars as I cannot attest to their quality because I have not been able to install them yet. I purchased these to replace a set of factory OEM latches that did not survive removal when installing flat fenders on my 1999 TJ. Apparently the studs on these new latches are not as long as the OEM studs were and are too short once you install flat fenders due to the thickness. Some modifications to the underside of my flat fenders and probably a thinner bolt will be required.
One broke after two days
Don't buy these! Installing the 1st one & the pins that are supposed to keep it in place while tightening the nut snapped right off! Didn't even get it installed! Complete junk! DO NOT BUY!!!