pk222

hey guys, today my hood flew up at about 65 and shattered my windshield and dented the crap out of my roof.. I think it was because of my fiberglass hood but I'm not sure. people ask why I hate fiberglass hoods, now I have my reason.
does anyone know of a good body shop between modesto, stockton or sacramento? also I don't know much about insurance companies and was curious if anyone knows if they wont cover it because I don't have the stock hood?
also has anyone heard of CTECH hoods?

PRO50SC

Chances are if the hood flew up it was from improper latch installment. Was there no secondary latch on the car? that should have prevented the mishap as well.

86 5.0L

fiberglass or steel, it happens to all of us, was it a cowl hood, both times my windshield made it ok

pk222

I really don't know. I had it latched it has a regular latch and had the secondary. I always made sure it was all the way down because it was a pain to close. It is a fiberglass cowl hood.

I hope insurance covers this because it didn't just break the hood and shatter the windshield it dented in the roof and the frame of the windshield. can the roof even be fixed? I don't know much about auto body and what can and cant be done.

86 5.0L

usually the cheap way shops fix it is using tons of bondo

Timspony

Hood pins are a must on an aftermarket hood IMO

PRO50SC

I disagree.

pk222

can it be fixed without a bunch of bondo? there arent any creases its just dents. I'm not worried about aftermarket hoods anymore, I never want to own anything with an aftermarket hood again.

86 5.0L

lol, it happens regardless if its aftermarket or not, like I said, both my STEEL factory hoods flew open down the highway

pk222

o, lol then I'm lookin into hoods that open from the back to the front or something, I never want that to happen.