are you guys using the hood latch or hood pins? i've heard from a few people that it's best to use the pins...

if anyone is just using the latch, is it strong enough? it looks like it's just epoxyed on there. also, how do u close it? does it weigh enough to close itself if u let it drop like the stock hood, or do you gently press it closed?

thanks

 

VIS has strong enough hood latch... don't know about FI or others.

 

<flame suit on>

I've been up to 140+ with my FI hood and...well, it stayed on lol. It was flappin around but for the most part it was allright. I'd just get pins for peace of mind.

edit: oh yeah, and i always pressed it down...



[Modified by Toda Party, 11:55 AM 9/2/2002]

 

I only use the hood latch at the moment, and when I'm on the freeway I can see the left side of my hood flapping in the wind.

 

borrowed time.... that is what weakens the hood- it kills me to see people still driving w/o pins after all others that have had serious problems. If you don't like the look of hood pins, don't get a CF hood.

later

matt

 

cool, thanks guys. anybody got some pictures of where they mounted the hoodpins and where they drilled in the hood. i hate the sound of that: "drilling in the hood"

 

Hood pins a must.



Mattj

 

I would put hood pins in but I don't plan on keeping this hood for that much longer.

 

drill it anywhere, just make sure you drill in the middle and not by the edges(i dont know why but when i asked where to drill, some one told me this)


once you get the pin in, put down the hood and mark where to start drilling.


we started drilling from the bottom up, just to see where it comes out of from the top. once you see it, drill from the top down (less messy)

put tape where you're going to start drilling(i dont know why but people recomended it)





took us a good 3 hours, we took our time. we didn't want to make any stupid mistakes just to save a little time.

HTH

 

so it doesn't crack

 

use the stock location...there's already holes from Acura to use...

 

which holes would those be? there's a few holes that u could use

 

What kind of pins are those? I like'm

 

.....sparco - you can get them in a nice range of anodized colors.

I'm running vis WITH hood pins. I'd rather have the hood look *a little* funny than flip up at 140mph.....

Peace of mind is worth it, imho.


[Modified by Black R, 11:25 AM 9/3/2002]

 

Where can I get these Sparco Hood pins? I need a set ASAP

 

http://www.titanmotorsports.com

 

.....yeah, I got mine from Wes @ Titan I believe.