ok i picked up a set of sparco hood pins for my fiber images hood for saftey reasons. have any of you drilled through carbon fiber? is the process hard? and can some one show me pix of where they mouted the shaft part that goes under the hood?
TIA

 

see where i mounted mine?

here's frans... on an eclispe... but u get the point of how to...(beginner )

 

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hmmm... there were more pics someplace else under CHHOOD purchase label...

but these work...

 

Yo who's green teg is that in the back of the pic with the turbo'd gs-r?? got any more pics

 

how about the process of drilling through the carbon fiber?

 

go from the bottom up, use small bits and gradually increase the hole/bit size. The hood pins bend very ease too, I have the same pins on my car. I don't have a place to post pics, imagestation sux.

 

what do u mean they bend?

 

go here for all of them http://albums.photopoint.com/j/Album...a=12446306&f=0

 

That Tge is ******* sick! Very very nice!

Only think i dont really like is the wing on the back.

 

yea... he already took it off... no wing now...

 

Is that Integra an auto?

Maybe I just can't see the clutch pedal in the pic.

Nevermind, I see the clutch pedal now.


[Modified by Got-VTEC, 8:02 PM 10/3/2001]

 

bottom up... i dont think so... you ever drill CF before... firsty off, have to use brand new drill bit or a old 1 with a sharpened tip... if not, you wont make it though the fiber with out it splintering... anyway, use a sharp bit from the top... best thing would be to put masking tape on the hood and drill though the tape... some one else sugegsted a pilot hole, that would be use full so then you can use that as a guide for your pin hole, but only do 2 bit sizes, the pilot hole, then the correct pin size...

 

I was wondering the same thing

 

it's the wings west RSI lip.
Do you have any pics of the white integra behind the green one?

 

ahh u dont wanna see the white teg.....his ***** beat lol j\k tom i liekd that car

 

dude...bring yer car and pins to my house...i'll stomp them thru yer hood with my boots...hows that buddy????? no drilling..no nothing...just pure brute force!

 

thats my old integra... go here for this album http://albums.photopoint.com/j/Album...a=10446928&f=0
or just look through my entire photopoint album if u want here http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1398632





and please ignore my ignorant rice-boy days

 

I drilled from the bottom with a unibit until the tip barely came through then I went from the top for a clean cut, they look super clean Pics to come

 

I don't have the tools, skill, or confidence to drill into mine. Is there a place I could take it too?

Also, did you guys simply drill and install the pins or did you use some sort of protection?

 

i had a cf hood on my old car.....after poping the hood so many times it started o crack....if i ahd t do it again id just gt soem rope and tie it down rather than hod pins....but thats just me

 

does that cf hood on the green teg look reallllyyyyyy niceeeeee?!?! or is it just the angle?

 

Booster, that teg is outta hand !! Very nice....

To tell you the truth... a GT touring tail would suit that car nicely...

Booster, where did you get those yellow brights/fog style lights... I have been looking for them and no one knows what I am talking about !

 

People do it either way, I just did mine from the bottom up, and vice versa(top down) to enlarge the holes, the drill bits were almost brand new. I used a hand drill too not an electric one. Everyone has their own way of doing things. Mine did not splinter BTW.

 

the green integra is my boys car... the yellow headlights and turn signals are just painted... he used a japanese paint made for lights or whatnot to do them... just put a couple of cotes on them... so far no problems... and his hood is carbon-kevlar... also the best quality hood iv ever seen... nicer than spoon i must say... u cant buy them though... a guy made a couple of cf hoods for imports back in the day and now he does strictly f1... i think that hood with the carbon-kevlar *may* be the only one around... other companies do make the carbon kevlar hoods.... but i dont think ill ever see another one like this