my c/f hood almost learnt to fly
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my c/f hood almost learnt to fly
so i was driving today on the highway with my VIS cf oem style hood (w/out hood pins). Now ive had this hood on and driven on highways for the past month or 2. Ive gone a little bit over the speed limit with out any problems either lol
this is what happened today though...it was really windy and sprinkling a little rain and i was cruising at 80-85mph (going back to my house) and changed over 2 lanes when i saw my hood come loose and bouncing up and down! I dont mean like it come undone, but when u pull ur hood lever inside the cabin and its loose...thats what the wind did for me. But it was all good, i pulled off and closed tight and drove 55 the rest of the way hah, but it was kinda scary
i havnt had any problems and im not too worried about it, but i hope that wen it came loose like that, it didnt weaken the latch or something?
this is what happened today though...it was really windy and sprinkling a little rain and i was cruising at 80-85mph (going back to my house) and changed over 2 lanes when i saw my hood come loose and bouncing up and down! I dont mean like it come undone, but when u pull ur hood lever inside the cabin and its loose...thats what the wind did for me. But it was all good, i pulled off and closed tight and drove 55 the rest of the way hah, but it was kinda scary
i havnt had any problems and im not too worried about it, but i hope that wen it came loose like that, it didnt weaken the latch or something?
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also had a really random question, but the oem side skirts from honda that say coupe only 01-05 will fit my sedan right??
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also had a really random question, but the oem side skirts from honda that say coupe only 01-05 will fit my sedan right??
-thanks for any help
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so i was driving today on the highway with my VIS cf oem style hood (w/out hood pins). Now ive had this hood on and driven on highways for the past month or 2. Ive gone a little bit over the speed limit with out any problems either lol
this is what happened today though...it was really windy and sprinkling a little rain and i was cruising at 80-85mph (going back to my house) and changed over 2 lanes when i saw my hood come loose and bouncing up and down! I dont mean like it come undone, but when u pull ur hood lever inside the cabin and its loose...thats what the wind did for me. But it was all good, i pulled off and closed tight and drove 55 the rest of the way hah, but it was kinda scary
i havnt had any problems and im not too worried about it, but i hope that wen it came loose like that, it didnt weaken the latch or something?
this is what happened today though...it was really windy and sprinkling a little rain and i was cruising at 80-85mph (going back to my house) and changed over 2 lanes when i saw my hood come loose and bouncing up and down! I dont mean like it come undone, but when u pull ur hood lever inside the cabin and its loose...thats what the wind did for me. But it was all good, i pulled off and closed tight and drove 55 the rest of the way hah, but it was kinda scary
i havnt had any problems and im not too worried about it, but i hope that wen it came loose like that, it didnt weaken the latch or something?
was the hood correctly lined up? the latch is ad justable you can move it up or down.. see my friend did mine he ligned it up as close as to oem as possibe making sure there is no wide gaps.. he adjusted the latch because the way it was set by honda did not work too good locking on the cf hood... so we had to slide the latch up a lil so the hood hook can lock.. there are also 2 rubber cushions that are also used for the height of the hood ..
post some pics of the hood closed...
here r some pics of my hood lines
this is bad....
even though my friends hood has not flown away.. it does promote the chance too..
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Rep Power: 248 ya, i think it was just the wind that day... because i havnt had ANY problems before.
PICHY: yeah the hood looks clean as anything! VIS oem hood, and it fits perfectly with the lines on fenders and in front. I messed with the latch and lowered it like you did
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was the hood correctly lined up? the latch is ad justable you can move it up or down.. see my friend did mine he ligned it up as close as to oem as possibe making sure there is no wide gaps.. he adjusted the latch because the way it was set by honda did not work too good locking on the cf hood... so we had to slide the latch up a lil so the hood hook can lock.. there are also 2 rubber cushions that are also used for the height of the hood ..
post some pics of the hood closed...
here r some pics of my hood lines
post some pics of the hood closed...
here r some pics of my hood lines
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Rep Power: 248 i was just worried that because a gust of wind made it come loose, that maybe it weakened the latch or something, but im guessing its fine...
I like that paint job on the sides of the hood. Im thinking of painting mine magnesium metallic on the sides like the rest of my car. I also put new mirrors with clear LED signals on the side, and I had them painted magnesium metallic too, they look sweet! ill take some pics on a nice day when its not cloudy and windy down here lol
The only thing thats holding me back from painting the sides of the hood is because i want to get black housing projector halo lights and idk if that will look better with the whole hood left as is..what do u think???
I like that paint job on the sides of the hood. Im thinking of painting mine magnesium metallic on the sides like the rest of my car. I also put new mirrors with clear LED signals on the side, and I had them painted magnesium metallic too, they look sweet! ill take some pics on a nice day when its not cloudy and windy down here lol
The only thing thats holding me back from painting the sides of the hood is because i want to get black housing projector halo lights and idk if that will look better with the whole hood left as is..what do u think???
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Rep Power: 339 i was just worried that because a gust of wind made it come loose, that maybe it weakened the latch or something, but im guessing its fine...
I like that paint job on the sides of the hood. Im thinking of painting mine magnesium metallic on the sides like the rest of my car. I also put new mirrors with clear LED signals on the side, and I had them painted magnesium metallic too, they look sweet! ill take some pics on a nice day when its not cloudy and windy down here lol
The only thing thats holding me back from painting the sides of the hood is because i want to get black housing projector halo lights and idk if that will look better with the whole hood left as is..what do u think???
I like that paint job on the sides of the hood. Im thinking of painting mine magnesium metallic on the sides like the rest of my car. I also put new mirrors with clear LED signals on the side, and I had them painted magnesium metallic too, they look sweet! ill take some pics on a nice day when its not cloudy and windy down here lol
The only thing thats holding me back from painting the sides of the hood is because i want to get black housing projector halo lights and idk if that will look better with the whole hood left as is..what do u think???
post pics of the car i can photochop both options to your car and you can be the judge
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Rep Power: 248 thanks man! im having trouble making some of my pics small or w/e to fit the right size to put on the site though. i dont have photoshop or anything. how do i send it too u?
happy new year btw
happy new year btw
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Rep Power: 286 I'd say get some pins and be safe, if mine starts to do that I'm buying pins immediatly. Cause if that wind was a lil stronger it could have blown it all the way up causing thousands.
It'll prolly be fine but I'd say since it popped up once, you might want to get some pins to be safe.
It'll prolly be fine but I'd say since it popped up once, you might want to get some pins to be safe.
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Rep Power: 288 There was this one time that I forgot to lock my hood pins and right down the street, my hood swung up and smashed my windshield to smitherines. yeah it sucked. Now I've needed a new hood ever since.
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Rep Power: 0 the wind in centex isnt much better, i am weighing getting a carbon fiber hood because of this, i want to make sure im not going to have my windshield busted when the wind is gusting in the 30's and 40's like it usually does
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