Acidcrakker

i like those rims. WHat type are they.<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by aquito &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hood pins it is...what color should i buy? i would like to see if someone does black ones...heres my car...

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aquito

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by acidcrakker &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i like those rims. WHat type are they.</TD></TR></TABLE>

from a 96 jdm itr

aquito

ok im buying some today..witch ones do u guys think are best and will look better??

nrg?



or sparco??

lude98SH

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by roller3804 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my opinion: hood pins. or don't get a cf hood.
If you choose to get a cf hood and no hood pins, definitely get a seibon
http://www.seiboncarbon.com</TD></TR></TABLE>

Why do you say that ?

snowblind7x

i've seen some other hood pins that in my opinion were the cleanest looking ones i've ever seen. I had the link to the site that sold them but lost everything on my comp not to long ago. I ran into the hood pins somewhere here on ht though. Maybe someone else knows which ones i'm talking about. They are black and are used with a key. Lets see if i can track them down...

snowblind7x

here we go. get these: http://www.deftracing.com/aero...x.htm

aquito

ive seen those on ebay...would like to see any honda car pics with those on...

98vtec

my next set with a new CF hood will be

http://www.hoodpins.com

roller3804

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Why do you say that ? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Because IMO Seibon makes the best carbon fiber products and it is most likely to be made closest to OEM spec.

BB6DAVE

get mugen hood pins pins are safer, i think its depends on the company that makes the hood. VIS is pretty good. I had a cf hood on my em and it worked great without pins.

mkazm83

I don't like the way hood pins look. The car looks way better without them. My hood flaps around a bit at speed, but I'm used to it and not worried about it.

prelude_h22vtec

i've had my hood come up. so i'm a big advocate for hood pins. use them.

aquito

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Evil.98vtec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my next set with a new CF hood will be

http://www.hoodpins.com</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks bro, those hood pins are sick...i really like them...im gonna buy them the only thing is that they are out of stock but im gonna wait a couple of days and check them back.....do u know how much they r?


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nm lol they r $125 a set...im not paying that much for hood pins lol :thumdown:

TylerC161

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BB6DAVE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">get mugen hood pins pins are safer, i think its depends on the company that makes the hood. VIS is pretty good. I had a cf hood on my em and it worked great without pins. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I have a VIS as well, only problem is it seems "warped" and higher gap on passenger side, VS a flush fit on the driver side. Im talking about the space between the top of the headlight and the hood.

98vtec

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by aquito &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

thanks bro, those hood pins are sick...i really like them...im gonna buy them the only thing is that they are out of stock but im gonna wait a couple of days and check them back.....do u know how much they r?


EDIT:

nm lol they r $125 a set...im not paying that much for hood pins lol :thumdown:</TD></TR></TABLE>

what do you expect? they arent thin aluminum pieces of **** like sparco .....

JDMLude850

you get what you pay for.

*hoodpins.com like blake said.

DIRTYsouthBB6

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TylerC161 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I have a VIS as well, only problem is it seems "warped" and higher gap on passenger side, VS a flush fit on the driver side. Im talking about the space between the top of the headlight and the hood.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I used to have a VIS carbon-fiber hood and a VIS carbon-fiber trunk and both of them faded and hazed within one year... their customer service is horrible. Jotech Motorsports quit working with them as a result of their crappy customer sevice ( or lack thereof ).

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by snowblind7x &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">here we go. get these: http://www.deftracing.com/aero...x.htm</TD></TR></TABLE>



<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by skinnyboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

if im spending the money i'd expect it to fit exactly like OEM, when was the last time you heard of an OEM hood flying up?? and what speeds do you perceive to be travelling lol its a prelude not a Lear Jet.

If its a good quality fitting hood, and is properly adjusted and gapped up, i cannot for the life of me wonder why on earth it would fly up. If it did, i'd be suing the maker for defective product.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Because the materials that carbon-fiber hoods are made out of are light. With that said, it doesn't take much air pressure to lift them away from the body of the car and out of their latch. You are failing to realize that a lot of air makes its way to the bottom side of a car's hood when driving.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mikemjohnson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
i could never go fast enough to make my hood blow off. It DOES have to do with the quality, because its of good enough quality (In the sense that is constructed exactly to be the same as OEM) that the only situation it is going to blow off is if i was doing something bad enough to make the stock hood come off. dont be a smartass</TD></TR></TABLE>


That's the point... a carbon-fiber hood will fly up because it is not made of steel like an OEM hood is. It has nothing to do with quality, it has to do with the weight of the hood.

rleonekc

looks good though

Riptide101

Good luck on hoodpins.com. Everything says out of stock.

Si Speed

Well I couldn't afford nice hood pins. I don't really care since my carbon fiber hood was free and it isn't really in the best condition anyway. It's a night and day difference. I drove for a few months without any and the hood flopped a lot, especially behind a semi. I've had them on a couple days now and the hood does not move. I'm very happy now and not concerned about a hole in my windshield anymore.

team123luder

98VTEC, they don't make those anymore, I've been trying to get in contact with the manufacturer and nothing.....

If you do get ahold of him. I want a pair!

Niles

http://www.aerocatch.com/

Get a pair of those. They work exactly like hood pins, there's a lockable version, and you can get them to sit pretty close to flush. Race shops have started carrying them in recent monhts. Google is your friend.

aquito

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by si_speed &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well I couldn't afford nice hood pins. I don't really care since my carbon fiber hood was free and it isn't really in the best condition anyway. It's a night and day difference. I drove for a few months without any and the hood flopped a lot, especially behind a semi. I've had them on a couple days now and the hood does not move. I'm very happy now and not concerned about a hole in my windshield anymore.</TD></TR></TABLE>

pics???


and i bought red sparco's...will install this week and post pics

md23vtec

I don't have hood pins on either of my preludes for over 4 years now. VIS grade A hood on both ludes. So far so good. But I think I "should" put some on the track car

JMWood

I think they have zero use unless your putting the car on the track. Or plan on losing your liscence