Bad Engine Hooks

While picking out engine hooks for the Centurion Project I ran across a few engine hooks set aside from past kit builds.
All of these will be thrown away - they're garbage!

If you bend an engine hook and it doesn't spring back, toss it. After the first time you pull these back to inset an engine, it's bent with no way to straighten it out. At ejection the engine might eject instead of the parachute!
When buying engine hooks, be sure they are made of spring steel.
Why not make some of your own from the metal strips inside discarded wiper blades?