Hood flew open!

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06-08-2009, 04:36 PM

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86 5.0L

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Originally Posted by FivePointOhh

so your hood flew up at 40mph and didnt break the windshield or dent your roof....i find that hard to believe.... pics plz.

its happened to me at 40, and no, the windshield didnt break, the hood and cowl were the casualties

the pictures above are from ~100mph

06-08-2009, 06:01 PM

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mjr46

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WOW 865.0, THAT got messed up

06-10-2009, 01:43 PM

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RODRIGUEZ

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Yeah, yours isn't as bad as mine is.

Buddy today told me he can fix it with a portipower or something like that, any of you know what it is?

06-10-2009, 04:05 PM

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Timspony

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ouch ^^^^ ....time for some hood pins!

06-10-2009, 08:31 PM

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SonicBlueFiveSlow

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Mine flew up at 40 and destroyed the hood, messed up the cowl real bad, put 3 evenly spaced dents in the roof and smashed my sunroof...I feel your pain.

The only positive to this whole thing was it gave me an excuse to have the entire car repainted a different color

Last edited by SonicBlueFiveSlow; 06-10-2009 at 08:37 PM.

06-10-2009, 08:49 PM

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dagamore

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damn and i though i had hood shake at speed.

06-21-2009, 10:14 PM

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RODRIGUEZ

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86 5.0L did you end up paying all that to get the damage fixed?

06-21-2009, 10:28 PM

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86 5.0L

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Originally Posted by RODRIGUEZ

86 5.0L did you end up paying all that to get the damage fixed?

*** no! I just replaced the hood, and installed hood pins.

Im a fulltime student, I can barely afford food and gas, its gonna stay like that for awhile