Hood pin direction?

[Fern]

Do the hood pins slide in from the side or from front to back?
I've seen them both ways.  Can someone post a pict of a correctly installed hood pin.
Thanks

[burdar]

Front to back...

http://www.moparaction.com/Article/Black_Gold/Epv0229.jpg

[larry4406]

Here are some factory drawing excerpts to back this up.

[Fern]

Thank you

[Katfish]

It's bad enough that people "trying to help" scratch your hood pulling them out.   
Wouldn't want to scratch the fenders too. 

[Mopar_Mudder]

It's bad enough that people "trying to help" scratch your hood pulling them out.   
Wouldn't want to scratch the fenders too.

I already have fears of this. Does anyone make a pin with a bit less spring too them, these things pull out pretty hard.

[tommyg29]

thats the way mine are installed, and though I have seen other installed sideways, I just instinctively knew those were wrong.
You do have to be careful when pulling them because you can scratch the paint. When you own a car like one of these, and especially if its a trailer queen, you learn how to carefully open and close things  You certainly dont treat it like you would a 10 year old beater