carbon fiber help

1ZZ-God · Post by **1ZZ-God** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:45 am

ok im getting a carbon fiber hood soon and i was just wondering if I absolutly need hood pins cause ive heard horror stories about hoods cracking from the pins so if anybody knows anything please just let me know

thanks

JeremyJ · Post by **JeremyJ** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:53 am

I put hoodpins in my CF hood just because it didn't line up properly without them. They aren't totally necessary if the CF hood has a properly installed latch in the OEM position.

The hood never cracked from the hoodpins...that is until I was hit by a truck and the pins actually tore the hood.

2003silverneonsxt · Post by **2003silverneonsxt** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:38 am

i dont have hood pins on mine.. mine is lined up and i adjusted my hood latch so that it would be secure..

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:09 pm

i dont have them on mine either. i was going to put them on, but i heard that a girl around here put a cf hood on her rsx and the cf split when they drilled the holes. mine latches fine and everything so im not too worried about ever getting hood pins, its been fine in the year that ive had the hood

SILVER-ES · Post by **SILVER-ES** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:00 pm

I've had my CF hood for almost two years now and do not have pins. I was too afraid to even drill the holes for the windsheild squirters so hoodpins weren't an option. So far no problems with it coming loose, even with accidently driving with the hood popped once. *knocks on wood* I hope I didn't just jinx myself.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:18 pm

SILVER-ES wrote:So far no problems with it coming loose, even with accidently driving with the hood popped once. *knocks on wood* I hope I didn't just jinx myself.

That's scary. I saw something like this happen to a '95 S-10 travelling down Interstate 90 at about 75 mph. Needless to say, I think the guy stopped at the next exit and bought new boxers.

Post by **Diablo0** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:37 pm

I've had 3 CF hoods... actually 4 sorta and never used pins. As long as it uses the stock latch assembly you'll be fine.

sxt · Post by **sxt** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:43 am

I didn't have pins on the c/f hood I had.

1ZZ-God · Post by **1ZZ-God** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:16 am

cool thanks cause i dont like the way hood pins look so i will get pics up soon and get my signature fixed so yeah thank you