Compact Design: The Universal Slim-Line Bear Jaw door latches are specifically designed for smaller doors, making them ideal for a variety of vehicles with compact door shells. Versatile Options: Available in left side, right side, and kit versions with included striker pins and cage nuts, you have the flexibility to choose what best fits your vehicle's needs. Installation Flexibility: These door latches can directly mount to your door, or you can use optional steel pre-cut mounting plates. They are also adaptable for both standard and suicide door installations. Increased Safety: Modern "bear claw" latch design ensures doors stay securely closed during hard cornering or in the event of a collision, providing a significant safety enhancement over traditional door latch mechanisms. Corrosion Resistance: Constructed with zinc-plated steel, these latches are built to resist corrosion, ensuring durability and long-term performance even in harsh weather conditions. Slim-Line size bear jaw latch works well for vehicles with smaller car door shells. Adds safety and reliability to your hot rod or street rod car door. Works with both rod and cable release door handle mechanisms. Can be used for standard or suicide door style installations. Additional bear jaw door latches can be used as trunk/rumble seat lid latch. Works with steel and fiberglass door shells. Installs directly into car door shell or use with optional mounting plates. Sold individually in left or ride side latch, or as a kit with striker pins and cage nuts included. Zinc plated for corrosion resistance. Works with shaved door handle systems. Mounting hardware not included (mounting holes take a ¼-20 fastener) Modern Safety for Your Hot Rod or Street Rod Most domestic pre-war vehicles utilized a car door latch mechanism very similar to what you would find on your bedroom door. A tapered spring-loaded car door latch bolt that when the door is closed, simply slips over a striker plate tongue and seats in a depression or groove. This design certainly works well for your bedroom door, but is not the best for a moving automobile, especially one that has been vastly updated decades later with better suspension, more horsepower, and so on that can really push the car to its limits. Occupants need to be secured (use those seatbelts!) and just as importantly, the doors need to stay closed during hard cornering or worst case a collision that involves a rollover. Enter the modern automobile “bear claw” car door latch that rotates and locks around a robust striker pin or “Nader pin.” This style of modern door latch has been used in new vehicles since the early 1960s and hot rodders have been retrofitting them to early hot rods and street rods ever since. Today, Speedway Motors makes this process easier with its Universal Slim-Line Bear Jaw car door latches