Running CF hoods without hood pins, Safe?
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Running CF hoods without hood pins, Safe?
what are the pros and cons with running a cf hood without hood pins? I have seen a few members running them without them and it looks clean, but what about safety?
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You may have no issues at all with running a CF hood w/out pins, but it is a general rule of thumb that it's better to be 100% safe than sorry down the road.
I've had friends who's hoods have peeled straight in half, where the top layer of CF came off, while the under skeleton was still latched and bolted down. (cheaper CF hood of course).
But I NEVER recomend using a CF hood w.out pins, just not a sound idea. And it only costs $75-100 to protect your investment of not only your hood but your car overall. I don't see why someone wouldn't do pins
I've had friends who's hoods have peeled straight in half, where the top layer of CF came off, while the under skeleton was still latched and bolted down. (cheaper CF hood of course).
But I NEVER recomend using a CF hood w.out pins, just not a sound idea. And it only costs $75-100 to protect your investment of not only your hood but your car overall. I don't see why someone wouldn't do pins
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from experience, I had a buddy not use pins and the hood flew up on him smacked the windshield, broke it and damaged the roof very badly, not to mention destroyed his hinges and wiper moter covers. I have ALWAYS used pins for any aftermarket hood I've used.
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Bro definatly get hood pins!! My hood just flew up 3 weeks ago doing 45mph, and It ended up bein $7000 to fix. Thank god insurence covered it, id be screwed!! It cracked my hood in half, cracked my windsheild, bent the wiper arms, bent the fenders, and collapsed my roof.
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in reality of safeness, just run pins. it looks good with or without them, but at least with the pins, you won't ever have to worry about a broken windshielf/roof, or swerving on the highway cuz you can't see.
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Isn't it more about the weight, then just being carbon fiber. From what I know, most of the CF hoods for the Z are just as heavy or maybe even heavier then the OEM hood, so there shouldn't be a problem.
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Originally Posted by Sensi09
Isn't it more about the weight, then just being carbon fiber. From what I know, most of the CF hoods for the Z are just as heavy or maybe even heavier then the OEM hood, so there shouldn't be a problem.
Stock hood is super light. From what you are saying, our stock hoods would fly off since it's just as light as a CF hood.
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Originally Posted by chriskabobbers
in reality of safeness, just run pins. it looks good with or without them, but at least with the pins, you won't ever have to worry about a broken windshielf/roof, or swerving on the highway cuz you can't see.
To the OP.... hood pins probably aren't ABSOLUTELY necessary, but considering what CAN happen, particularly when driving at highway speeds, just get them. Makes no sense to spend all that money on a hood, and not another 80 bucks to keep it from damaging the rest of your car, and possibly triggering an accident.
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Hood pins are the only thing holding my hood down now..
The fiberglass understructure on my CF hood has slowly deteriorated over the past 3 years to the point where the latch was wiggling a little and would no longer close..
better safe than sorry..
--mike
The fiberglass understructure on my CF hood has slowly deteriorated over the past 3 years to the point where the latch was wiggling a little and would no longer close..
better safe than sorry..
--mike
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Originally Posted by g-unit9999
Hood pins are the only thing holding my hood down now..
The fiberglass understructure on my CF hood has slowly deteriorated over the past 3 years to the point where the latch was wiggling a little and would no longer close..
better safe than sorry..
--mike
The fiberglass understructure on my CF hood has slowly deteriorated over the past 3 years to the point where the latch was wiggling a little and would no longer close..
better safe than sorry..
--mike
BTW.. Go with hoodpins if you want OP.. Do the flush pins though.. They flush with the hood..
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i think its the fact that the factory hood is aluminum rather than fiberglass or CF, which are less rigid. I wish the manufacturers of CF hoods would build hidden pins in to the hood, so that you don't have to look at pins sticking up through your hood if you don't want to.