Even though I'm really going for a clean look, and dont usualy like the look of hood pins on a street car...I think its time to invest in them...my cf hood bends like a bitch going down the highway, its deffinitally creating extra drag, and its not really safe that my hoods lifting like that, its putting ALOT of trust on the hood latch. So I was thinking since the pins would actually be serving a purpose, then there not really rice in my case...what does everyone think? hood pins yay or nay??

here is a video of my car just to show how much the hood flexes (to get it to work you may have to download it and open it in quicktime, thats what I had to do).
http://www.ohmeohmy.com/videos/video.php?v=162

 

If your hood flexes that much than yes do it.

 

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...and you could always go for cf hood locks with don't stand out as much.

 

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even though your right, they are fugly

 

i hate hood pins as well but i seem to be in need of them greatly which sucks i might do the cf hood locks but i hear that they arent as reliable as conventional hood pins so i might get those and paint the black (like i said i hate hood pins)

 

i think hoodpins are ugly, but necessary on most if not all CF hoods. Especially if you can see it flexing!

Cheap insurance IMO.

 

I personally dont like hood pins but in your case I would buy a pair.