Hey wassup guys I have a question about my carbon fiber hood, I just purchased it and I recieved it today. I totally forgot what I needed in order to instal the hood. I was just wondering how I could uninstall my stock hood from my 02 Accord EX V6. If there is any shortcuts I can do please help cause I really want to install my hood. Also I was wondering where I could get that center piece on my hood that goes into my latch? Thanks Guys!!

 

is it 100% carbon fiber or is it CF on the top and steel on the bottom?

 

It's 100% Carbon Fiber

 

in that case, care should be taken when installing the factory parts such as hinges, struts, etc to ensure that it does not crack.

 

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EXTREME care

 

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if it's from a good source like VIS, carbonimage, all the holes should be marked and pre-drilled.

my vis hood was all drilled and installing it was a bolt on affair(2x bolt on each hinges)

don't forget to get a hood pins

 

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As rice as they are, these are a must. I've had 3 friends of mine wreck they're windshields and roof skins due to broken latches.

 

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As rice as they are, these are a must. I've had 3 friends of mine wreck they're windshields and roof skins due to broken latches.</TD></TR></TABLE>

amen, i hated mine.

no one make a small flat black pin, they have bling bling silver, type-Wah red and Nawwwzz blue

&lt;--using sparco's

 

why don't you just spray paint it blue.

 

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As rice as they are, these are a must.</TD></TR></TABLE>worst comment ever.

 

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your non-factual issue have no impact at all.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wlfpck &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why don't you just spray paint it blue.</TD></TR></TABLE>

do you mean BLACK? they do make ricer blue pins

i suppose you can but if you work on your car/pop open hood as often as me, those spray ain't gonna last. Powercoating and anodizing is too expensive.

 

sounded factual to me

 

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based on?

 

oh i get it. i offended you because both of you guys have the same mindset. it's my opinion. get over it.

 

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you didn't offended me, i don't get my feeling hurt over the internet.

first thing first, i was asking you to explain why you think using a safely device such as a hood pins would be a bad idea.

i have offered my reason for why anyone have cf hood should have hoodpins(or anyother safely device that prevent it from flying off).
it's a solution to a problem, it's not a non-factual issus(or in your word, opinion). again, i am not asking everyong to like hoodpin, i am offering my reason why i have my pin when i got my hood.

if you think i am wrong, please enlighten and enrich my knowledge, because all you did so far is saying something without any form of premise to support your claim.(or in simple college english term, misplace burden of proof or perhaps begging the question fallacy)

 

Iam all for the carbon, its so nice looking. Yea be careful so it doesnt crack, but post a pic once you install it, i wanna see how it looks. Nice man, and its not rice, rice is a carbon hood with a massive hood scoop that is not functional.