I bought a Vis carbon fiber hood today for my civic, and i was wondering what did everybody get that pink sticky glue/tape off with?

-And is there any way to properly care for the hood? (like it's an animal) I don't want the clearcoat to start flaking. Can I wax it or what? Any help is appreciated. Thanks

BTW fitment is great. Got it from nopi suprisingly!

 

I used Meguiars cleaner wax. Came right off.

 

donkey **** a.k.a. WD-40.. man that stuff works miracles.. but the sticky stuff is a bitch aint it..

 

What am I WD 40ing the sticky stuff? It won't mess up the hood will it?

BTW should I get pins? I think they look ugly and ricey...

 

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So do smashed hoods, cracked windshields, and a dented roof. You be the judge.

 

hmmm good point, guess i'll be going to get some. Think there's any way to paint them black?

 

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WERDDDDDDDDD!!!!,...i had my hood fly up on me on the highway,...had to get a new windshield and new CF hood,...i like the look of no pins but im not gonna risk it again,...oh and about what you can do to take care of you hood,...have a body shop put a couple coats of clear on it

 

if you dont get pins, will it really fly up on you? y doesnt it work like the stock one?

 

The hood weighs nothing compared to the stock one. Will all the air going around, all thats holding that hood down is that one latch in the front, which can sometimes break or come out and wam, up flies your hood.

Its because of the air resistance pushing against such a light hood. IMHO, I think theres nothing ugly about hood pins.

 

I used goo-gone. It got it all off.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fOmaNPu &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The hood weighs nothing compared to the stock one. Will all the air going around, all thats holding that hood down is that one latch in the front, which can sometimes break or come out and wam, up flies your hood.

Its because of the air resistance pushing against such a light hood. IMHO, I think theres nothing ugly about hood pins.</TD></TR></TABLE>

werd x2,...i have nothing against hood pins,..i just like the look of no pins,..but i also like the look of hood pins,..my hood had a stock latch too but it rusted off and doing 80 on the highway was to much for it

 

better safe than sorry. Would you spend another $300+ for another cf hood cuz your hood flew off and got smashed or dented??? Or would you rather just spend about $20 or so for hoodpins???? The choice is yours you decide

 

if you dont like pins, go with hood-locks...slimmer and looks pimp

 

I paid 435 for the hood, what's a hood lock look like? I have an idea but I want to be sure.

 

435...ouch. Thats a little high.

 

i just took the tape off and used the sticky side of the tape to take off the pieces that stayed stuck on the hood, the guy at imoto said wax the hood every week... i think that's a little too much, so i wax it every month or two. I dont use hoodpins, duno i just think they look ugly and it sux to drill a hole throught he hood, hope my hood dont pop open. i see it levitate while i'm on the freeway going faster than 65.

 

hood locks

 

anyone have a pictures with hood locks on?

 

I just put on my c/f hood today, the hood locks were a pain in the *** to install. I'll post some pics up later

Oh yeah my hoodlocks are the same exact ones posted above, but i got them for 15 shipped off ebay.

 

i want to see them on

 

I have the Mr gasket locks on my VIs hood. Turned out pretty nice. They are a bitch to install though so have fun. You also have to paint them black unless you want them the bling bling. I dont really have a close up pic but heres one for the hell of it since im bored and all.

 

I've seen a picture of one unpainted. Looked really ugly.

This is nice.

 

Here's some pics i just took..






I'm gonna have the whole car painted dark blue(i'm painting the hood too)

 

hey tnx for the pix and info, i wanted to get pins but didn't want to keep the latch and i also didn't want anything to get jacked, i always thought there was an alternative like this but tnx for confirming it for me! ps why are you painting the CF hood? going sleeper?

 

Well how much did everybody else pay for their hood? I just got tired of waiting and trying to find a used one so I just went and bought it. Think I should take it back and get my money...