hood pins, locks etc. I just installed my seibon oem hood and don't really want to run ugly pins on my car... just wondering on the percentage of you guys with pins. if you're replying to the thread, post your brand of hood.

 

Fiber Images CF OEM Hood with Sparco Hood Pins...Scary going 100+ MPH and the hood is moving up and down....Peace of Mind.



-Geo

 

Just put Seibon VT hood on. I will test drive it before deciding if it needs pins. I don't like the look with the pins in, but IF it is necessary for safety I have found a really nice Italian billet aluminum set that would be awesome as an alternative to the standard types. Not cheap though.....

 

it's ugly vs safety.

which one would you rather have?

i have Fiberimages OEM CF hood with Sparco Al. Hood pins..

but check these out!!

SFC AeroCatch hood pins. they are new.

http://www.aerocatch.com/




$86 Non locking
$97 locking,

Coast Fabrication, Inc.
Ph: 714/842-2603 Fax: 714/847-1824 e-mail: info@coastfab.com
16761 Burke Lane Huntington Beach, CA 92647

BTW. these are the same as TopSecret's hood pins that they are selling for $100 more.

 

i had the kaminari and the stillen power hood. had both of them at 140+ mph
never had a problem

 

Been running them since the beginning. One in day in the mountains in the sticks during Z/G35 drive a cat with a G35 latch broke and it wasn't a good time for him.

 

Seibon VT and no hood pins. Been testing out at 120mph some time. It's my daily drive. No problem so far. If you have the hood installed correctly then you shouldn't worry about this.

 

Seibon VS .. with pins.

Ugly or not.. they are an extra layer of protection.

Consider this:

Your CF hood's latch is attached to the hood with resin. Its not bolted on.. or welded on. Resin is hard, and strong.. but its not going to hold with the same force that a metal bolt, or weld would. I firmly believe that over time and repeated stress, the resin sill not retain its original holding properties.

Hood pins are your friends

 

^^^^^

+10000000

 

well i know stillen...and maybe kaminari... weigh the same or more than stock... so im not worried about it popping up... however if i had a nice light weight dry carbon hood or something I would look into pins.

 

my kaminari hood latch was bolted in... cant remember the stillen power hood latch but i want to say it was bolted in as well but i could be wrong..

if its a hood that has the latch attached with resin i would definatly use pins...

 

Not too keen on the look but after ,my supras hood flying up it's on event that I wanna avoid.

 

I'm not sure, but I think Jason from Performance posted that he had forgot to latch his CF hood, but the hood never even popped up.

 

hey chebosto, from the look sof the aerocatch, do the inst6all require you to cut a portion of the hood to install that particular latch?

 

I have these in my living room. Hope to put them on today if possible on my VT hood. Paid, as stated, $86 shipped from the company Cheston listed.

 

i'd like to see these installed

 

I had a thought of painting them to match the door handles, but I think it might be too much on a CF hood. BTW, it is raining and 37 degrees here, so think I won't install today.

 

Hood pins all the way. Safety should not be compromised. Good luck getting on a track without some

 

the AeroCatch pins have a template in which you cut out to accomodate the latching system.. (templates included) i'm sure once you DO cut it, you can't go back to a conventional (cotter pin) hood pin setup

gringott--- post picts after the install.

 

dupe post. whoops