98 4door accord lx

My carbon fiber hood is latched but when I drive it appears as if the hood is moving up and down... like floating in place... I'm scared it's gonna fly off or something... another accord driver motioned to me about this while I was driving on the nj turnpike... what can I do? Is this normal for carbon fiber hoods?

thanks for any info

 

Does the hood come in contact with the factory hood bushings?

You may need to do some adjustments

A thought

 

they have hood pins for a reason

 

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Bingo. Because carbon fiber hoods are lighter (and usually more flexible), the lift caused by air moving over the car is now great enough to "pull up" on the hood. There are no gaurantees that the hood latch will stay connected to the rest of the hood, which is also dependant on how well the hood was made.

You have 2 choices to avoid your hood flying up and smacking your windshield:
1. Hood pins.
2. OEM hood.

 

thanks... i'll read into hood pins... thanks again guys

 

Yep yep

 

since we are on the topic of hoods..

are there after market hoods that are made of metal like oem?

im not to crazy about the carbon look just want my accord look a tad bit meaner.

 

Why not get Fiberglass.?

 

hoodpins

 

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are there after market hoods that are made of metal like oem?
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short answer is.....maybe

 

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are there after market hoods that are made of metal like oem?</TD></TR></TABLE>

like what? A knock-off replacement hood? What's your question?

 

You could get painted CF or fiberglass? That's probably your best bet!

 

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im not to crazy about the carbon look just want my accord look a tad bit meaner.</TD></TR></TABLE>

meaner? so you can intimidate the neon drivers?

 

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(something like a 95 mustang kinda a way)

ha not like bunch of holes or stuff like that, just bit more rugged.

I dont want to get carbon cause i dont want to deal with hood pins.. In my area it will get people trying to steal my hood panted or not.

 

DONT use those shitty key Hood locks, They SUCK, there made out of cast iron or some ****

A friends hood flew up using them going over a bridge, major damage, smashed windshield, fucked up 450 dollar CF hood, messed up roof

Get regular hood pins

 

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A friends hood flew up using them going over a bridge, major damage, smashed windshield, fucked up 450 dollar CF hood, messed up roof

Get regular hood pins</TD></TR></TABLE>

they still sell those? well, back in 89...


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(something like a 95 mustang kinda a way)

ha not like bunch of holes or stuff like that, just bit more rugged.

I dont want to get carbon cause i dont want to deal with hood pins.. In my area it will get people trying to steal my hood panted or not.</TD></TR></TABLE>

rugged as if they can withstand more beatinf or look rugged?

 

get some sparco hood pins

 

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get a c/f hood and have it painted. Im pretty sure you can find a variety of c/f hood styles. Remember, the whole thing about c/f is weight reduction.

 

...there ain't no better "hood securing" then that old duck taping stuff.... get it all over the edges and tape well along with the headlights.... that thing will never open.... seriously.... oh yeah... I almost forgot... that's mean too....

 

wth?..lol

i'll just stick to oem..lol