OK SERIOUS QUESTION.

Would a Carbon hood be ok for daily driving?? Like I've heard that the latch doesn't hold up that well. And you need hood pins. i don't really want hood pins.

 

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Would a Carbon hood be ok for daily driving?? Like I've heard that the latch doesn't hold up that well. And you need hood pins. i don't really want hood pins.</TD></TR></TABLE>
It is okay, but obviously not the most safe. I've had three different farbon hoods, 1 with pins and two without. Never had a problem with any of them.

Basically the problem with most farbon hoods that causes them to flip up is poor fitment and air getting between the bumper and the hood, causing ENORMOUS drag and lift on the hood from underneath. This of course causes the fibers to split where the metal latch was bolted or woven in. If you can fit the hood tight and seal the gap between the hood and the front bumper with a gasket of some kind, you will obviously reduce the upward pressure and can avoid the hood flying up at you Tommy Boy style.

This, of course, is not a replacement for hood pins, it's simply the best way for you to get by without them.

 

so what about using the new rubber strip for the oem hood??

 

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Would a Carbon hood be ok for daily driving?? Like I've heard that the latch doesn't hold up that well. And you need hood pins. i don't really want hood pins.

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I had one on my hatch from VIS...never had problem in almost 6 months, but it was always in the back of my mind

If you don't like the look of traditional hoodpins, aerocatch or something like that makes some unique ones that are almost flush with the hood...here ya go
http://importprecision.com/aerocatch_hood_pins/

 

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If you don't like the look of traditional hoodpins, aerocatch or something like that makes some unique ones that are almost flush with the hood...here ya go
http://importprecision.com/aerocatch_hood_pins/</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks for the link bro

 

sure thing

well, the headlight polishing is just about done as good as I can get, doesn't look great, but at least they'll be better than before(rock chips/dents, and clear film peeling everywhere)

 

headlights are nearly done...I'll take pics when I'm through

 

what and where are the fuses that control the cruise control? i dont see it listed under dash and under hood is missing the diagram and don see any fuses blown there. it just stopped working

 

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1
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i forgot to bid

 

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well got one finished(should say about 99% done actuall...just need to glue the lense to the headlight)...**** needed A LOT more trimming than I thought but it is what it is.... they don't call it custom fabrication because it's easy...or at this point cheap

 

 

is this acceptable guys?

 

^^ LOOKING GOOD as well
heres mine with the equips..

 

Sols with equips look hot IMO for each of you

 

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heres mine with the equips..</TD></TR></TABLE>
you both also get from me.

 

save your pics at a higher quality, sean.

 

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If that's a dirty octopus, I'd like to see what a clean one looks like.

 

Thats the most consecutive pictures I have seen in this thread in a long time.

 

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nah, I actually need a better camera IMO...the diference between the best setting and the one for the most pictures really isn't that noticeable to me and the amount of pictures I can take is a huge difference(35 with the best setting, 145 with the lowest setting for a 64MB card)

 

hey guys any one have CELICA seats on their sol, i just did my swap last night will post pics tommorow, but they are so confrontalble also they dont make ur *** go to sleep like the sols.

 

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Interested to see how they look

 

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Yum!

is that a Yellow sol I see in the back?

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Dude this is like your 5th set of wheels in a year - Macho has met his match!


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They do what now? I'd see a doctor about that because thats the first I've heard of it.

 

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X2!!!!! I don't even know what celica seats look like, but certainly sounds interesting

 

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is that a Yellow sol I see in the back?</TD></TR></TABLE>
haha i noticed that too

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somebody wheel whored more than macho???

you know what to do macho lol

 

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Yum!

is that a Yellow sol I see in the back?
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yeah it is... my girls
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