does anyone else have this problem with they're cf hoods on a JDM front? while driving the front is very secure no problems but both the sides toward the windshield raise up from the air comming through the engine bay?

 

Pin it.

 

I hope you have hood pins....

Reasons:
1) Hood is light and air pushing it up
2) Skeleton is seperateing

 

very odd....

 

Make sure your hinge bolts are tight.

 

hood pins.

ofcourse, even my stock hood does this (at speed *cough*)

 

it's not the front that has a problem it's the sides only the front is very secure it's just the sides when i go about 80 or more, they will lift up and stay up

 

isnt that normal for any c/f hood without pins? theyre hella lighter

 

Pretty common if you have a "light" c/f hood.

 

Mine does this also. Hasn't give me a problem yet though(like this for over a year).bbbb

 

I think that type of problem may differ between different manufacturers. I don't use hood pins and mine does not have that problem. Although mine has a different problem, it seems to get really cloudy. Like it oxidizes. I have to polish it often. Anyone else have this problem?

 

It really depends on how much the hood weighs and how the hood is constructed.

Get your hood clear coated so it doesn't oxidize.

 

I get the same problem on the oxidizing on my hood. Its Fibre Images and I have to wax it every month to keep it looking good. Although now I have soem weird effect like streaking on it since I had it re clearcoated? so time for a new one.

 

can you clear coat one? or gel coat?
what's the different?

 

take a can of clear coat and goto town with it.

 

what would cause CF to oxidize? what part of it would be reactive?

also, another CF technical issue i wondered about was thermals. since CF will act like an insulator, won't heat from your engine stay trapped inside longer than it normally would w/ a metal hood? wonderin if this may lead to long term reliability of any underhood parts. e.g. belts, hoses, air temp sensors, etc.

 

this guy just doesnt get it

 

wet sand it and re clearcoat it, it will look like new. I have seen it done at a friends body shop.

 

i had the same problem with my factor-x cf hood on my usdm front, hoodpins solved it though If you don't have an alarm with a hoodpin sensor(mine was pushing up one side of the cf hood because it was so light allowing air to get underneath it) try readjusting the hood latch itself for a tighter fit if that doesn't work get yourself some hoodpins; i mean my factor-x hood was supposed to be ok without hoodpins but watching the sides of the hood visibly buckling at speed is disconcerting -rob

 

Hood Pin ,

 

Carbon fiber doesn't like sunlight. UV rays will kill it if it's not painted.