Yes at the outer edges is where most people put them. I think the easiest place would be in the rad support, right next to the hood adjuster/bumper. although I made brackets for mine to bolt on front of the support so the pins would be just in front of the rubber bumpers because I have the other kind of hood with wider scoops so I had less room at the side of the scoops .
There should be a metal plate embedded in the hood for the original latch. So you may have to drill that yourself? it was mentioned earlier in this thread that the metal pc in the crites hood that holds the lock prong was at the wrong angle . Mine was in the wrong location,,,too far back so I made a plate to screw to the hood under the safety latch & attached the lock prong to it so I could have more adjustment it to where I needed it. hopefully yours can be drilled in the right location & not need anything else.fair67 wrote: I do not really see an easy way to use my original hood latch with this hood