Someone please tell me why people have hood pins. I am not saying that they are useless or anything I just dont know what their function is other than cosmetic. I know that they hold down the hood but why do you need them if you have the stock hood latch?

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you do not need them for a regular OEM hood.
however, for fiberglass and carbon fiber, the hoods are lighter than OEM and sometimes more flimsy. at high speeds they can flip up and hit your windshield and top of your roof.

hence hood pins to prevent that.

 

Ahhhhhh..... that is what I though. I just wasnt sure. I have seen them on a few OEM hoods and I guess that threw me off. Well they were on Rice Rockets so that maybe why.

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I saw this sucka sticking some hood pins on his Civic the other day. After he was done I think they were the only "mods" done to his car.

 

That is one reason, another reason to have hood pins is for when you're at a race you will not need to have the driver grab the hood latch opener. The pit crew member responsible for engine repairs will be able to access the engine bay from the outside of the car.

 

 

actually, ive held up a lot of CF hoods that dont weigh any less than an OEM hood.. so i would think the hood pins would only be necessary on a functional CF hood. (one that actually shaves off weight)


[Modified by MTK Kommander, 5:26 PM 11/3/2002]

 

What kind of carbon fiber hood were you holding. All the carbon fiber hoods i have come in contact with weighed about half the weight of the oem hood.
THe hood you were holding was surely not a carbon fiber hood if it weighed the almost the same as the Oem. No way!!

 

better safe than sorry guys. thats all i have to say. hehe its like....$15 bucks for some hood pins and $$$ for a broke hood, window, dented everything. haha

 

LOL, that is seriously funny.

 

has anyone lifted a hood of a new WRX? they are made of a composite alloy or something like that. it weighs the same as the CF hood we put on my friends GSR. and we put hoods pins on his hood because it would start to shake at high speeds.

 

hood pins also allow theives to get into your engine bay (the hoods without latches)

 

a friend of mine didnt have hood pins on his cf hood. and his hood flew crakked his windshield. i was in the car when it happen. after we saw the latch just stuck on the car. n that was a wasted of his cf hood. i didnt likk hood pins at first, but its better safe than sorry.

 

hoodpins also reduce the rattling of the hood on the freeway...it helped me...although i dont like the look of hoodpins

 

and it helps to adjust the cf hood, since alot of cheaper one doesnt fits right.
but i hated silver, ricer colored hoodpins for some odd reason. black one make me horny..jk

 

The riceboy I bought my car from had installed hoodpins on a stock hood...Everytime someone sees my car they assume I'm some ricer...Dammit!

 

used to have them on my CF hood. 'till it flew into the windsheild

Now I just run Stock hood and hood latch.

Always use the hood latch

 

its true.. i think they were VIS hoods.. whatever hood eric dickerson has.. that hood is heavy for being CF.. and there were a couple others too.. that were no lighter than maybe 5lb's less than an OEM hood.. i guess those hoods are for the folks that like CF hoods for the looks.. not my cup o tea..but its their money.

 

it's also good IF you ever get in a car accident. my friend did and it was BAD! the hood stayed down...

 

does anyone have any weight comparisons on hoods, i was going to get a vis hood till you mentioned that they arent really that light..

 

but they do have really good latches and dont require hood pins

 

I know it aint honda but the oem hod on my corolla is 40-50 bls and the cf I got is 12 lbs.

 

hood pins...

 

The WRX hood is aluminum.

 

the guy that got into the accident was me. yes, it held the hood down.... and made it a lot harder to pry the hood off after the accident. but oh wells. live and learn