Brandons98GT

How many of you guys that have a fiberglass hood are using pins, I am trying to determine if my carbon ware hood will be safe without pins in it. Thanks

04BlueGT

Ask JonBeast. He could tell you.

Brandons98GT

I have talked to him and he does not use pins but i would likea few other peoples opinions as well

rbstang

from what ive seen... you have to be careful with pins... sometimes that wire will rub against the hood and peel the paint off...

Brandons98GT

i have special sparco hood pins that i normally use that do not use a wire because the pin is attached to the top plate and just slide back and forth

Brandons98GT

bump

muzikp

I just got rid of my Stalker fiberglass hood that used pins. There is no way I would trust that hood without the pins. The little latch part was just too flimsy to hold the hood down withoutbreaking. Maybe some hoods havereinforced latch parts.

My pins didn't have wires either. Here's a pic

Brandons98GT

Hey muzikp what brand was your hood, mine is carbon ware anddoes have the metal latch and it is reinforced thats why i am double checking because i have had a hood fly off before and i dont want flash backs

muzikp

I'm not sure what brand mine was - it was on the car when I bought it. It was all fiberglass and not re-inforced in the latch and no metal where the latcharea isso I know it wouldn't hold.

but I'm confused now- is your carbon ware hood actually fiberglass? I thought carbon ware hoods were...well carbon. It sounds like if yours has the metal reinforcing around the hole where the latch is; and is reinforced then it should be alright without pins. If Jonbeasts carbonware hood stays down without pins I don't see why yours wouldn't.

RipTide7

Im about to pick up a pair of pins this week. on my drive to work my hood poped upwhile i was going 80. i pulled over and saw that my metal latch on the hood is rusty and slightly coroded(my spelling sux) just enough to miss the hood lock.