pins or no pins?? *pg2*
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You bought a used dog??
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Originally Posted by aznboysrfr
what's the shipping weight?
total was $544. but listen to this bullsh!t. i call and blah blah blah i need hood, the guy gives me a quote of around $440 shipped. i was like thats a damn good price! but i then realize my lady took the visa so i cant place the order right then. i call back a few days later, tell him the quote he gave me and of course he doesnt remember, cuz he didnt take any of my info. so i ended up paying $100 more.
Touch it... He won't bite, He'll just come at you pretty quick.
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Originally Posted by def01tones
it says hood pins required on the paperwork. do i HAVE to use hood pins??? cuz i really really DO NOT want to drill through it.
Just get the nascar kind, just not with long wires on them... they look good.
Originally Posted by Blahman240
yep... unless you want it flying up on the highway. This happens because there is no weight to the hood.
Just get the nascar kind, just not with long wires on them... they look good.
Just get the nascar kind, just not with long wires on them... they look good.
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Originally Posted by aznboysrfr
it's not gonna fly up if it is locked properly by the hood latch. I used to have an oem vis cf hood with hood pins ... now I have a no-name brand hood without pins and it's been fine for about 8 months now and counting.
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You bought a used dog??
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Rep Power: 281 well seems like everybody has mixed feelings about the pins. im not really on the road for a long period of time and if i do its only for about an hour max. so ill just leave the pins off, but ill keep the ones i have now untill i upgrade them. the ones i have now are really cheap. heh
I've had a hood fly up on both of my friends. But one didn't have a hood latch and it was tied down using bungee cords and the other also didn't have a hood latch and forgot to put his hood pins in.
so yeah. I think the stock hood latch is more than good enough
so yeah. I think the stock hood latch is more than good enough
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Mmm.. seibon carbon fiber.. gots me one of those
as for the hood pins, i'd say get 'em. if you're gonna install 'em yourself, be really, REALLY careful.. i installed them myself, and i cringed when i drilled into the cf...
as for the hood pins, i'd say get 'em. if you're gonna install 'em yourself, be really, REALLY careful.. i installed them myself, and i cringed when i drilled into the cf...
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You bought a used dog??
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Rep Power: 281 ^^^haha thats funny!! cuz my hood latch is broken too and i forgot to put my pins in too. lol and yes i have pins on a stock hood because my latch is broken and that was the quickest way to solve my problem.
too hood pin or not too hood pin my cf hood??? that is the question. 
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Rep Power: 0 get the hood pins. my friend was dumb enough not to put them in and the hood literally flew off the car and almost hitting my friend behind him.
