AFTERMARKET HOOD QUESTION about hood pins
01-09-2007, 06:44 PM
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AFTERMARKET HOOD QUESTION about hood pins
I am getting a hood from abc exclusive fiberglass, i dont want to put ulgy *** hood pins in, i mean really do hoods fly off, i mean normal people hoods??? anyway know someone personally that had a hood fly off. I dont want some video of someone at the track where there hood flew off..... i want to know if anyone personally has a aftermarket hood that has come off....
01-09-2007, 06:45 PM
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01-09-2007, 06:49 PM
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RE: AFTERMARKET HOOD QUESTION about hood pins
i would recamond it , it is cheap insurance. my cobra hood that is on my GT peeled apart as i was going down the road. luckly when it flew off it landed right side up. the hood top part seperated from the bottom part. it was fiberglass.
01-09-2007, 06:54 PM
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RE: AFTERMARKET HOOD QUESTION about hood pins
Wellmyfiberglass hoodWOULD fly up without the pins since the hole for the latch is not strong enough to hold the hood down. Maybe your hood will have the re-inforced latch hole - mine didn't have that and was flimsy.
01-09-2007, 06:54 PM
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RE: AFTERMARKET HOOD QUESTION about hood pins
ORIGINAL: 93 FHP SSP
I've had two hoods on two different stangs fly up and smack the windshield. It can do some serious damage.
I've had two hoods on two different stangs fly up and smack the windshield. It can do some serious damage.
01-09-2007, 06:55 PM
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RE: AFTERMARKET HOOD QUESTION about hood pins
ORIGINAL: 96mod289
i would recamond it , it is cheap insurance. my cobra hood that is on my GT peeled apart as i was going down the road. luckly when it flew off it landed right side up. the hood top part seperated from the bottom part. it was fiberglass.
i would recamond it , it is cheap insurance. my cobra hood that is on my GT peeled apart as i was going down the road. luckly when it flew off it landed right side up. the hood top part seperated from the bottom part. it was fiberglass.
01-09-2007, 06:55 PM
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RE: AFTERMARKET HOOD QUESTION about hood pins
ORIGINAL: muzikp
Wellmyfiberglass hoodWOULD fly up without the pins since the hole for the latch is not strong enough to hold the hood down. Maybe your hood will have the re-inforced latch hole - mine didn't have that and was flimsy.
Wellmyfiberglass hoodWOULD fly up without the pins since the hole for the latch is not strong enough to hold the hood down. Maybe your hood will have the re-inforced latch hole - mine didn't have that and was flimsy.
01-09-2007, 06:59 PM
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RE: AFTERMARKET HOOD QUESTION about hood pins
ORIGINAL: ericdiver
ok at a track, and was the latch reinforced?? stock hood? 2 years later?? right away???
Both times off the track going about 60 to 70 miles an hour. The hood was latched and I still can't figure out what happened. It was a cervini 2 1/2" cowl hood. First one was about a year after the hood was put on. Second was about 4 1/2 years later.
ORIGINAL: 93 FHP SSP
I've had two hoods on two different stangs fly up and smack the windshield. It can do some serious damage.
I've had two hoods on two different stangs fly up and smack the windshield. It can do some serious damage.
Both times off the track going about 60 to 70 miles an hour. The hood was latched and I still can't figure out what happened. It was a cervini 2 1/2" cowl hood. First one was about a year after the hood was put on. Second was about 4 1/2 years later.