My father went to close my hood on my car he thought the hood strut was a pnumatic strut so he pulled. It didn't go down, she he yanked. Bad idea. He closed the hood and the hood strut turned one side of my hood into a tee-pee top. He offers to replace it but the local shop quoted $859 to repair/replace/repaint it. So I mentioned the option for a cf hood. Basically I know nothing about cf hoods. What is a good brand that is relatively cheap with decnt fitment and wont look like garbage after a year? What about hood pins/locks? What mandates the need for pins/locks. Can I get away without them and just use the standard latch? Will I be saving much weight over the stock ek hood? I also posted here so If you guys have a pic of roma red civic with cf hood post up

 

im sure there are other ways to securing them, but hood pins keep the cf hood down since the hood is so light.

trust me, having your hood flop up against your windshield while you are doing 90 on the freeway isnt something you want in mind.

 

I want the least ricey looking ones possible do they require modificatoin of the core support?

 

heres a pic i just saw https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1425548 scroll down a bit. its not my car so dont ask me questions about which one it is. CF hoods save you a little bit of weight, they also atract theives (imo)

 

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bump for a red with cf hood

 

 

beautiful

 

ever have problems with the hood flying open or the sort?

 

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I've never used hood pins. Just dont be slammin it and check it for stress cracks regularly

 

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i'd go with VIS.