SEVEN SPARTA Hood Latches for Jeep Wrangler JK/JKU, JL/JLU & Gladiator JT

These are outstanding..so solid you’ll think you should be installing them on an army Tank. Great feel when latching, no clanking metal but super solid clasp and hold as if there was rubber between the metal components. What an outstanding product for the money. Coated so they are rust resistant. Hood is more stable than stock latches now. Easy to use, easy to install with a few challenges but not bad. If your grill removes easy, it will make installation of these a snap! Perfect functionality with excellent form…WHAT AN UPGRADE!!!

These are aluminum and should last longer than my old ones. Very well made and look nice. After adjusting, they lock firmly. I didn't even look at the directions. Install can be completed with a 13mm 1/4" socket and a wobble attachment. I've seen some that cost 4x as much as these, not sure what they do that these can't. For the money, I'd recommend these all day long.

I bought these after noticing a hood flutter at highway speeds. The OEM hood latched are rubber and stretch over time. The replacements are solid and do lock the hood down solidly. Installation was very easy. I did fight the passenger side because I was stubborn and refused to remove the air filter box. In retrospect I should have just removed it.

Great latch. Very durable. My stock rubber hinges allowed my hood to vibrate at highway speeds. These hold the hood down tightly. They are very well made with a quality finish.

First, I save 5 star ratings for the best of the best products and as much as I like these latches, the instructions were awful and not much more than a handful of photos. That said, if you are semi-handy you can grasp what needs to be done and in what order but there are likely to be a few re-do moments. Take some time to think about things, take your time doing the work, and while it's a cumbersome and time consuming process it's pretty easy skill-wise. I did detach my grill by removing the snap buttons and pulling it loose from the bottom clips. I left the wiring harnesses connected and leaned the grill forward. That took only a few minutes and really, imho doing so saved me much more time getting access behind the fenders. Can you get your fingers and socket wrench in there with the grill on? Maybe but why struggle more than needed? If I had to do the job again I'd probably mask off the body and fender areas surrounding the latch area. You are working with metal parts, Allen wrenches, etc and one slip and you got a nice scratch. I worked very carefully and deliberately with luckily no oops-es but it could easily happen. I felt the size of a 3/8 socket wrench worked best in the small space behind the fenders but the normal length of it was a little short so I used a pipe as a makeshift extension. That helped a lot holding the lock nut in place behind the fender as I threaded the bolt into it. Regular nuts vs the lock nuts provided would've made the install much easier overall. When you mount the upper "hook" piece I'd start with it at it's lowest position. For me it was perfectly tight there and any higher would've been way too tight.

These latches are great. No more hood flutter when meeting big trucks. Should have bought them long ago for my jeep jk. Installation took about 30 minutes. I did use my oem nuts on them as they had a wider diameter.

Installed these on our 2016 Jeep Wrangler JKU after one of the stock hood latches broke and left the hood vibrating. Pretty easy to install. I will say the nut for the bottom portion either on the stock piece or the new piece is much easier to get to from under the vehicle vs inside the engine bay. Took me a bit to figure that out. After that the install was quick. I did have to adjust the pieces on the hood a couple of times to get the correct amount of force to close the latch. Otherwise they look nice and seem to function well. I am curious how long they will stay black and not fade. Time will tell.

Looks great on my 2018 jk, it was tricky to get the latch on, but wasn’t impossible. They feel good quality, I used my oem nuts because the new included nuts did not have a washer on them.

Perfect replacement for the OEM Rubber latch

Muy fuertes y de buena calidad, en mi caso particular, tuve que regresarlos porque tengo unas salpicaderas elevadas que no permiten una buena instalación, pero me gustaron mucho, si lo recomiendo.

These fit perfectly and they hold the hood down tight. No more freaky wind gusts blowing my hood up and down against the rubber latches. They are also adjustable to how tight you want them to snap over. I installed a clear rubber stick on bumper on the top of my fenders for them to rest on when they are open as they are quite solid and robust and they could scratch the fenders if you just Fling them open. Overall very happy with them. They don't stick up in the air in your view like the lame factory ones either.

Good

fit bien