Hotchkis hood pin measurements needed

Heres off the intructions on summit

“Install the hood pin plates. Note that the plates will be attached with tape, so if the hood has been recently waxed you may want to remove the wax around the hood pins so the tape will stick. Tape the recessed bottom surface of each hood pin plate. Cover the entire surface so the tape laps over the sides and then trim the tape inside the recess flange and around the center hole. Close the hood and remove the protective plastic from the double sided tape. Center each plate on the hood pin and lower it to contact the hood. Press them into place.”

They probably dont advertise it cause $200 for tape on hood plates is a rip off! Thats what your relying on to mate up with the pin in cause of a hood latch failure
I read that and it doesn't make any sense to me. You can see from the literature there are 4 screws to attached the base, and I have personally seen them on a 69 Dart flop top and they had screws. I wonder if the tape is used as a method of locating everything until the screw holes are drilled? As for mine it was easy, I located the base and pin, marked everything and drilled the holes.