A body hood torsion rods help

No nut needed to hold the hinge on as said before. I brake rotor clip, the kind that goes over the wheel stud would work. OR the washer/cotter pin idea sounds ALOT safer really.
They have a fair amount of pressure on them, but depending on how bigga boy you are, you wont have trouble with them. I'm 6'1" and around 270ish and they listened to what i had to say... if ya know what i mean ;)