hood pins?

cbjones26 · Post by **cbjones26** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:50 pm

would they look dumb on my car? are they easy to install? is $35 pair to much? and would it look better in blue or silver? thank you for any input!

Post by **racer12306** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:55 pm

I'm not a fan of hood pins on stock cars. Look pretty silly. Some street cars can pull it off and look good, but not many

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:03 pm

cbjones26 · Post by **cbjones26** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:05 pm

see thats why im not to sure if i want them, i have seen them on some neons and they look good ( like lilsparkplugs, but then again thats a bad ass SRT-4) but then i have seen them on some local hondas and they just look stupid! what to do what to do!

RADARsx 2.0 · Post by **RADARsx 2.0** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:42 pm

I would say if it don't look something on the lines of lilsparkplugs or another neon/srt that has a body kit don't do it. IMO tho.

dodge_girl · Post by **dodge_girl** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:54 am

imo they look out of place on a stock car

2001rt32 · Post by **2001rt32** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:18 am

depends on the look of the car, some can pull it off and some cant.

NEON PARABOLA · Post by **NEON PARABOLA** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:04 pm

if you have a aftermarket fiberglass or carbonfiber hood, go for it, but with a stock hood, its really pointless. imo

Post by **racer12306** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:14 pm

its pointless on a glass or cf hood too,

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:29 pm

And once you do them there's no going back. Don't think you want to ruin and expensive carbon fiber hood...

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:20 pm

they do have a place on carbon fiber and fiberglass hoods, have you ever seen what happens when a hood catch pulls out of a composite hood at 65mph?? i have and it made me put them on my carbon hood and it works great, here is a pic

its a very old pic buts its what i have for now

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:11 pm

Don't do it! FUGLY!!!!!!!!! Even on modded cars.

RADARsx 2.0 · Post by **RADARsx 2.0** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:47 pm

theTeejmiester wrote:they do have a place on carbon fiber and fiberglass hoods, have you ever seen what happens when a hood catch pulls out of a composite hood at 65mph?? i have and it made me put them on my carbon hood and it works great, here is a pic

its a very old pic buts its what i have for now

Is that another neon in the very back of that garage? or just a rear bumper and tails?

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:31 am

Looks like a primered front bumper back there.

I love my hoodpins. They're there for both looks and for peace of mind in case the striker fails. It's not all that common of an occurence but it does happen three of my friends were victims. Hood pins are a love it...or hate it item. There is really no in between. Right now I'm running mine without cables because I need to fix the broken radiator support bolt that I use for them. But I normally run the cables (another thing most people hate). Then again if we all modded our cars for other people's tastes they'd never be our own.

dodge_girl · Post by **dodge_girl** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:34 pm

I like the way they look on your car crystal but some cars just cant pull it off, i would suggest do a photochop first, just to get an idea of how it will look

Maddog · Post by **Maddog** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:37 pm

I usually subscribe to the idea that if it's doesn't make the car faster, more powerful, more efficient, or handle better, I don't spend money on it.

$35 will get you:
1-2 tanks of gas,
couple cases of good beer,
4-6 cases of mediocre beer,
lunch at a decent restaurant for you and the wife/gf,
a couple of DIY oil changes,
a K&N drop in filter,
etc

I think you get the idea

cbjones26 · Post by **cbjones26** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:13 pm

ya im not gonna put them on, i saw a neon in person today with some on there an it was 99% stock other then the pins and i dont really like the looks of it.

excon · Post by **excon** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:50 pm

I'm confused why people don't think this makes sense....

Carbon fiber is lighter weight...

After bolting up my carbon fiber hood it was about an inch from being flush with my front bumper. I drove around with the hood like that for about a week and noticed the hood flapping in the wind on the highway (while driving). It didn’t make me feel too comfortable. I decided to move the hood latch a little lower and that pretty much fixed my problem. (I could use a set of hood pins, but I don’t want to drill into my CF hood.) Hood pins are a must when it comes to fiberglass or carbon fiber.

There’s a how-to floating around somewhere about drilling for hood pins, and integrating them with the hood screws or something…

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:06 pm

this idea is straight mexican.

[no hate towards mexicans] <3

PhillyLS1 · Post by **PhillyLS1** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:12 pm

Hood pins look stupid on any car. I've seen cars go 180+mph through the traps without them. So when a 230hp neon has them.... yeah.

Post by **racer12306** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:14 pm

We had 5 hood pins on our race car, because it was the only method of holding the hood down.

It was kind of cool seeing the air filter because the back end of the hood would lift up once you go up around 125mph and there wasn't a pin on the hood scoop.

TheNumberOneD · Post by **TheNumberOneD** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:54 am

If you just want it for cosmetic reasons, save your money.

If you need em to hold your hood on, for any of many reasons, then go for it.

To each his own.

excon · Post by **excon** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:38 pm

TheNumberOneD wrote:If you just want it for cosmetic reasons, save your money.

If you need em to hold your hood on, for any of many reasons, then go for it.

To each his own.