I just ordered a carbon fiber hood. Does anyone recommend puttin hood pins on it? let me know any info about them, i never used hood pins before. How would you drill through the carbon fiber, how hard are they to install? I wouldnt want to drill a hole a tad bit off, that would suck.

 

use hood pins at least. I just went with the sparco hood pins for the ease of it. I also used a dremel to cut out the holes. Just take your time and cut a little at a time and it's no big deal.

 

I just dont want to mess up and drill the wrong hole somewhere, lol. i think ill be fine though. Where do the hood pins go under the hood? ive never really messed with hood pins before. i just ordered the sparco ones

 

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....arco+hood+pins

After I installed the threaded pins next to the headlights, I used a dab of grease on top of them and shut the hood to mark where the holes needed to be. Then I just kept opening up the hole on the hood until everything cleared. like I said, a little at a time. The latch just screws to the top of the hood. But use the dremel to make the holes, a drill bit will more than likely crack the hood.

 

this should help you decide. look what happened to my z w/o pins or latch system. i only had cf hood for like 2 days and this freak accident occured so yeah definitely get it. i would sell you my aerolatch but i already sold it to forum member

https://my350z.com/forum/media-share/353122-posted-pics-of-my-z-finally.html

 

Did this happen because the hood flew open?

 

^yes, i was going around 65 mph and bam just flew open and scared the living sheit outta of me. good thing there was noone behind me cause i was swerving left and right. on my previous car i had a cf hood for 4 years w/o hood pins and i never had any problems.

 

Hood pins look kinda cheesy even the expensive ones, though not as bad.

However you kinda really should do something to save your windsheild, roof and hood in the event of failure.

Rig up a safety strap, so that the hood would only fly up about 3-4"

Of course if your catch ever did fail, you would have to use pins anyway.

 

 

C'mon, who has the "not this s*** again" pic

 

the carbon fiber hood i bought comes with a factory latch, i just think im gonna put the pins on to be safe.

 

That's crazy. Which CF manufacturer did you go with?

 

I heard this happening with a stock hood before. In that instance, the hood was not properly closed.

 

I just think im gonna put them on...better safe than sorry, lol. I ordered the silver ones.