That happened to my friends 240 with a carbon hood....It was fine lol. Pinned it back and continued on.... Glad your okay man and atleast you have the coverage.

 

Sorry to hear about the damage.........but pic's or a ban.

 

The same thing happened to my sister once, but she was on the highway. She
panicked as well, but luckily her bf was
there to grab the steering wheel and
safely pull them over onto the shoulder.
If your work stresses you out, look into finding a beter job bro. If it doesn't pay as much, at least you'll enjoy it

 

dont worry in a couple weeks your whip wil look even better..

 

Ttiwwp.

 

hood pins on aftermarket hoods ftw

 

Glad your ok. I am really surprised to hear that the insurance company is paying for the damage caused by a aftermarket hood and you leaving it open. Did you lie or did they really pay for that? Either way, more mods ftw!

 

reading this gives me stomach aches. yesterday i forgot to latch my hood when i drove to town. a good 20 minute drive doin 120km/h average.

get to town and my buddy says.. i hope you just popped that. I looked at my hood and got the gut feeling, that coulda been bad hahaha

 

glad your ok...cars get damaged and fixed all the time...cant replace yourself though.

 

Lol stuff like this makes everyones insurance go up. Glad your ok though, you handled yourself well in a bad situation.

 

Time for a Webasto sunroof????

Search "Webasto" and "sunroof"

Webasto Hollinda 300 Medium.

-J

 

Why not make it a targa top? Thats what I would do in your situation. Be a little different, who knows it could work really well.

 

i didnt lie to the insurance at all... i was straight up with them as i am with everyone. ive found in life that its much easier to tell the truth and see what happens. one way or another youre gona pay for your actions.

i have had the hood on there for 3 yrs now and have had it upwards of 150 with no problems so i am not going to be using hood pins next go around. i only had the problem bc the hood wasnt fully latched...

ive been so busy with work i have yet to even call a body shop. worst part is that the car only has a little over 15k miles on it. good part is that it looks as though i can get the front end i want along with some other goodies instead of stock stuff.

the damage does not look like much. the roof was the worst part.

i should have an opportunity this weekend to get some pics up here....

thanks for yalls concern and what not

 

Sucks for sure man. I had a 318Ti BMW with a 3.2 M3 swap and i was on the interstate when my hood pins in my carbon fiber hood snapped and the hood went flying up at about 140mph!!!!! Was crazy for sure. Windshield was almost touching the steering wheel and the roof was torn up bad. Ill never have an aftermarket hood again on any car!!