carbon hood pins/carbon eyelids

NEON2NV2001 · Post by **NEON2NV2001** » Fri May 05, 2006 1:59 pm

Just wondering what yall thought of carbon fiber hood pins,do they make some that match a carbon fiber hood good.Does anyone have any pictures of their carbon fiber hood pins on their car or anyone other cars.Also do yall have any pictures of carbon fiber eyelids.Can you buy any carbon fiber vinyl that looks really like carbon fiber?

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sat May 06, 2006 1:30 am

CBD carbon fiber shorty eyelids

www.carbonbydesign.com

I have never heard of carbon fiber hood pins, just regular aluminum hood pins. I hear they rust though

I had some for my hood once, but didnt want to drill into my hood

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Sat May 06, 2006 1:44 am

IMHO, i think hood pins on a neon look a lil ricey, but thats just my .02, however, eyelids looks good

dinetuner · Post by **dinetuner** » Sat May 06, 2006 2:21 am

hood pins will rust.. and quickly that fucked me i hate them im going to be putting the stock latch assembly back on plus it can fuck your windshield up... crucial forgot his pins and fucked his up someone jacked my pins and i fucked mine up... i hate them...the novelty wears off quick

JRM · Post by **JRM** » Sat May 06, 2006 3:02 am

dinetuner wrote:hood pins will rust.. and quickly that fucked me i hate them im going to be putting the stock latch assembly back on plus it can fuck your windshield up... crucial forgot his pins and fucked his up someone jacked my pins and i fucked mine up... i hate them...the novelty wears off quick

that left a bit of a mark... or broken windshield

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sat May 06, 2006 7:31 am

dinetuner wrote:...the novelty wears off quick

There's 'novelty' to hood pins?

eVilcreations · Post by **eVilcreations** » Sat May 06, 2006 8:19 am

I'm not a big fan of hood pins.....but at 113mph last sunday on the way down the track......my hood started vibrating like hell.....with only 1 thin later of fiberglass holding the actual latch onto the CF hood, I had to do something.

This was the closest I could find to "matching"....the pins are a nice black color along with the shield plates. I'm trying to find some black pins as well, but this will do for safety for now.

Pics also include some view of my CF lids.

No, there is no CF vinyl that actually looks like CF.

Josh

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Sat May 06, 2006 11:47 am

i have seen hood pins with the carbon fiber base plate... but i still don't like hood pins.

kirktalife · Post by **kirktalife** » Sat May 06, 2006 11:57 am

ya i am not a fan of hood pins either but i think u pulled it off, looks really good

marakka · Post by **marakka** » Sat May 06, 2006 12:21 pm

Hood pins rust because of the quality. You can buy locking pins that will not rust but they cost a pretty penny..... about 100 bux a set.

I just put S style CBD eyelids on my 05 today. I snapped some pics but for some reason they didn't take on my camera. Dunno why. I'll try to get some again later.

Post by **Diablo0** » Sat May 06, 2006 12:38 pm

haven't seen CF pins but as long as you get a quality hood pin setup they shouldn't rust, just find out what they're made out of before you buy them. IMO I don't think they're needed unless you plan on going fast a lot and/or your CF or Fiberglass hood is rather thin or just a CF shell with no fiberglass bottom.

NEON2NV2001 · Post by **NEON2NV2001** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:37 pm

I may not need hood pins after all.The only reason I was wanting them was because my hood don't really sit down flush wth my fender on the right side.Someone was telling me that I can do some adjusting on it to make it sit flush.Has anyone had to do that to make their hood sit flush?As for the eyelids,does anyone know where you can get them for a reasonable price?

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:02 pm

www.carbonbydesign.com

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:29 pm

^ not reasonable

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:31 pm

I guess not...I dunno where else you are going ot find them then. maybe ebay, if your lucky. or used on neons.org or srtforums

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:49 pm

NEON2NV2001 wrote:I may not need hood pins after all.The only reason I was wanting them was because my hood don't really sit down flush wth my fender on the right side.Someone was telling me that I can do some adjusting on it to make it sit flush.Has anyone had to do that to make their hood sit flush?As for the eyelids,does anyone know where you can get them for a reasonable price?

Yes, theres a way to adjust the flushness of your hood. Ill take a pic of it tomorrow if i can remember, but if you op your hood, look at the top of the frame by the fender, theres like a rubber/plastic bolt. should be one on each side, just simply turn it 1/4 turns on the side that needs adjusting, and close the hood to test. Keep doing that till you get it to the right spot.

2003silverneonsxt · Post by **2003silverneonsxt** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:33 am

NEON2NV2001 wrote:I may not need hood pins after all.The only reason I was wanting them was because my hood don't really sit down flush wth my fender on the right side.Someone was telling me that I can do some adjusting on it to make it sit flush.Has anyone had to do that to make their hood sit flush?As for the eyelids,does anyone know where you can get them for a reasonable price?

see the piece circled in RED,,,try turning it so it goes down a little, i forget which way it is, but that should help with ur hood flush problem

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:33 am

dblsg wrote:^ not reasonable

NEON2NV2001 · Post by **NEON2NV2001** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:00 am

Thanx for all the help,I'll try adjusting those bolts like yall were talking about.Those carbon eyelids are to much for me,so I guess I'll keep trying to find some.If yall find some let me know please.

01rtgurl · Post by **01rtgurl** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:59 pm

pic request: open the hood, show me where you're drilling your holes! i need to do mine for my SRT FB hood... and wasnt sure the best place to put them, thanks

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