Well given how well my hood clamps down on the latch, I would be surprised if I ever had such a problem.

 

I don't think the actual fitment of the hood has a major impact on the security. I think there are 2 other possibilities that might be the culprit.

#1. When you try to close the hood, it is hard to get it to latched shut. So a possibility might be that the latch somehow "unlatches" itself from the hood hinge causing the hood to fly open.

#2. The hood hinge is held together by weak resin, and physically breaks off causing the latch to be holding nothing and the hood flies open.

 

when my hood went up, the latch part if it stayed connected, it ripped the loop from the hood, so the hood didn't have anything to hold the hood down lol, it was just accumulative over time and it finally just gave in.

 

...and the safety latch wasn't able to hold it as well? I would think that the safety hook would grab the hood at the final moments right before it completely flew wide open.

I think most of aftermarket hood flying open are caused by the shitty hinge(loop) on the hood that's held by weak resin; and not necessarily by the actual fitment as most people think. Obviously a crappy fitment can lead to more premature wear on the hinge, but the main culprit are the crappy hinges on aftermarket hoods.

 

the fitment on the hood were great, the loop couldn't hold down the hood, when i looked at the front, the loop was still in the latch but the hood was on my roof lol, idk it was just unfortunate i think, but still put pins on, just in case you find yourself as unlucky as me. hope it never happens to anyone else, it hurts to see the z all banged up

 

better safe than sorry.

 

Got my hood pins installed today, and I must say I actually don't mind the look. Now I can have a peace of mind and not stare at my hood every 5 seconds on the freeway. I originally didn't want hood pins but after reading a lot of different forums about the possibility of hood flying open, I inspected the Seibon hinge myself. To my surprise, there were thin hairline cracks on the edges.

I wasn't a believer at first, but I can see why this **** could happen. The resin they use to glue the hinge onto the fiberglass is utter crap and it's just a matter of time from the daily wear and tear before it snaps off one day.

I understand people like the clean look and personally I'd rather go pinless as well and save myself 100 bux. However, I think safety outweighs aesthetics. It's not one of those things where you will see it "almost" fail. It's either on all the time or........ BAM, massive damage. Only takes one occurrence to ruin your car. The potential damage can be extreme!

If you can, try to get hood pins!!

 

yup, but my dumb a$$ didnt think it would happen, so of coarse it did, and my face was all like then all like