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04-17-2005, 09:21 PM
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Hood Pins
im really hoping to get my car back this week with my CF hood...but i cant decide whether or not to install the hood pins...is it really nessesary?...kuz there were 4 cars at the meet yesterday(the big April 16th meet) with CF hoods n none of them had hood pins...so r they trying to make their cars look clean? or do u not need them?...kuz i mean i have them...i just dont know if i should put them on...
04-17-2005, 09:53 PM
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is it possible to have cfhoods without hoodpins??? its so unsafe. the hood is so light and the front clip wouldnt be enough to hold it down.. if there's even a little gap, the hoods just gonna fly right off.. i dont know if its nessacary or not, but i wouldnt take the chance..
04-17-2005, 09:56 PM
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I've known of people running with good quality heavier CF hoods without hoodpins and didn't have any problems. However, with that said, I'd still recommend you invest in hoodpins. It would really suck to have the hood fly off while driving.
04-17-2005, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by timmy8151
I've known of people running with good quality heavier CF hoods without hoodpins and didn't have any problems. However, with that said, I'd still recommend you invest in hoodpins. It would really suck to have the hood fly off while driving.
on all the cars i had with carbon fiber hoods, only had hood pins on 1 of them, and the others never flew off, even at high speeds
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04-18-2005, 02:15 AM
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where did u place the pins?...can u show me where u placed urs kuz the place i wana put it is rite where the bludge is n the hood...lol...i got mine for JAC AUTO DESIGN...but plz dont order it from there for ur sake...they ensured me that itll b here in 2 weeks but ive been waiting for mine for 1 month now...
04-19-2005, 03:26 PM
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I'm confused...
Why would you want to put a CF hood on your car? What are the benefits? Don't beat me up for this. I'm just wondering are the benefits weight related, aesthetic, or what...
04-19-2005, 05:01 PM
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both i guess...kuz it is just 25LBS so thats a lil weight reduction there...but im mostly doing it for the looks...im matching everything on the frontend...cf hood w/cleared blacked out headlites n gunmetal rims...ill post some pix up when i get the car back from the shop...
04-19-2005, 05:46 PM
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yea i also did the cf hood because of weight reduction , but i put my stock hood bak on cuz i need to spray clear coat on the cf hood. Hope to see how your project comes out.
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Originally Posted by z3Ro
both i guess...kuz it is just 25LBS so thats a lil weight reduction there...but im mostly doing it for the looks...im matching everything on the frontend...cf hood w/cleared blacked out headlites n gunmetal rims...ill post some pix up when i get the car back from the shop...
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