Originally Posted by Fabrik8

Be safe, use hood pins, unless you're fully confident that it's strong enough to not break and fold back over your windshield. I would not feel safe using only the stock hood latch with many/most of the hoods on the market. Sure, they may look ugly, but like I said, it's all down to confidence. They're getting better though, so do what you're comfortable with.
The easiest way to line the pins up is to drill the radiator support (or wherever you're putting them) and then put some masking tape on the bottom of the hood in the area where the pins will line up. Set the height of the pins so they are touching the bottom of the hood, and it's still a little bit raised (almost closed). Then dab some paint or whatever you have laying around (white out, heavy grease, whatever) on the hood pins, and gently close the hood until it touches the top of the pins. Drill there. Setting the pin height is easy after that. Another thing that works well is stick a small piece of clay on the bottom of the hood, nad make an impression.