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i-love-my-s14 · 06-24-2004, 06:49 AM

Here I found some carbon fiber hood pins, and if you paint the little peice that sticks up black you will never see it.http://www.chargespeed.com/english/b...et_e.htm#c%20p

skatanic28 · 06-24-2004, 08:47 AM

so my estimate for the hood repair is 150, and theres a small crease right by the headlight that i dont think is gonna be able to come out. where did you guys get your VIS oem hoods from? i checked ebay and most of those were 350 plus 150 for shipping. im gettin some money for the damage, but i dont think anything over 250. i wouldnt mind pay a little extra, just wondering what to expect.
nice link to those pins, im gonna have to get something like that.

holisticbeatz · 06-24-2004, 06:02 PM

Hood pins are like seat belts, I feel safer having them. (I have a CF hood BTW)

kcolyer27 · 06-24-2004, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Powashiftin

my VIS S15 latches to the stock latch... no fitment problems... actually it fits perfect.

I am getting hood pins though... if anyone knows somewhere were i can get them cheap but good quality let me know

www.ebay.com

Yoshi · 06-24-2004, 10:58 PM

Those of you with hood pins:
what's the best style/model to get for strength reliability, I couldn't care less what they look like, I want safety! I was looking at these, since they add some sense of security... opinions?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33720

Powashiftin · 06-24-2004, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoshi

Those of you with hood pins:
what's the best style/model to get for strength reliability, I couldn't care less what they look like, I want safety! I was looking at these, since they add some sense of security... opinions?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33720

Those look great. Why dont you buy a set and let me know how they are ? muwahahah

no but really, i might get a set of those.. they look functional and don't really look bad

Steeles · 06-25-2004, 07:35 AM

Yoshi - I had a similar style on my old fiberimages hood. i would NOT recommend them. mine refused to stay locked. one of them came unlocked on my way home from work christmas eve going 80mph down the highway. I hit the brakes and started to pull over but it was too late the stress on the other pin causesd the arms of the lock (the part that twists into the post to lock it down) to break sending my hood up at 50mph. my windsheild survived luckily I think the wind deflector for my sunroof took the brunt of the damage. and the hood (which was trash anyway, but I was its second owner) seperated

Yoshi · 06-25-2004, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steeles

Yoshi - I had a similar style on my old fiberimages hood. i would NOT recommend them. mine refused to stay locked. one of them came unlocked on my way home from work christmas eve going 80mph down the highway. I hit the brakes and started to pull over but it was too late the stress on the other pin causesd the arms of the lock (the part that twists into the post to lock it down) to break sending my hood up at 50mph. my windsheild survived luckily I think the wind deflector for my sunroof took the brunt of the damage. and the hood (which was trash anyway, but I was its second owner) seperated

oh dammit.... and I just bid on it

hopefully it'll be okay... I plan to use them in conjuction with the stock latch (VIS OEM style s15 CF hood)

Steeles · 06-25-2004, 11:10 AM

mm might not be bad then. that vis latch is pretty decent and I didnt have a latch on the FI hood. im going tih tried and true sparco type

06-24-2004, 06:02 PM	#33
holisticbeatz Zilvia Addict Join Date: May 2003 Location: CALIFORNIA Posts: 988 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Hood pins are like seat belts, I feel safer having them. (I have a CF hood BTW) __________________ Trust and I don't mean GReddy.

06-24-2004, 10:58 PM	#35
Yoshi Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Washington Age: 48 Posts: 3,003 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: Yoshi Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Those of you with hood pins: what's the best style/model to get for strength reliability, I couldn't care less what they look like, I want safety! I was looking at these, since they add some sense of security... opinions? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33720 __________________ www.360realms.com/S13-S15

06-25-2004, 07:35 AM	#37
Steeles Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: 7th layer of hell, special pit of anger Age: 49 Posts: 3,785 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yoshi - I had a similar style on my old fiberimages hood. i would NOT recommend them. mine refused to stay locked. one of them came unlocked on my way home from work christmas eve going 80mph down the highway. I hit the brakes and started to pull over but it was too late the stress on the other pin causesd the arms of the lock (the part that twists into the post to lock it down) to break sending my hood up at 50mph. my windsheild survived luckily I think the wind deflector for my sunroof took the brunt of the damage. and the hood (which was trash anyway, but I was its second owner) seperated __________________ Keeping it Godzira bishes. So I murdered another turbo

06-25-2004, 11:10 AM	#39
Steeles Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: 7th layer of hell, special pit of anger Age: 49 Posts: 3,785 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	mm might not be bad then. that vis latch is pretty decent and I didnt have a latch on the FI hood. im going tih tried and true sparco type __________________ Keeping it Godzira bishes. So I murdered another turbo

06-24-2004, 06:49 AM	#31
i-love-my-s14 Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida Age: 39 Posts: 194 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Here I found some carbon fiber hood pins, and if you paint the little peice that sticks up black you will never see it.http://www.chargespeed.com/english/b...et_e.htm#c%20p

06-24-2004, 08:47 AM	#32
skatanic28 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: ny Age: 41 Posts: 443 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	so my estimate for the hood repair is 150, and theres a small crease right by the headlight that i dont think is gonna be able to come out. where did you guys get your VIS oem hoods from? i checked ebay and most of those were 350 plus 150 for shipping. im gettin some money for the damage, but i dont think anything over 250. i wouldnt mind pay a little extra, just wondering what to expect. nice link to those pins, im gonna have to get something like that.