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Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx
My question is, how the hell the hood flew off if it was latched? The catch broke or the latch broke? I've had a fiber hood fly on me once, but my dumbass forgot that I had the hood popped. Been messing around with these cars since 2000 and never had any issue with hoods flying off other than that one time.
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Upon close inspection of the latch, I found that it had a crack in the casing. I did some searching around and found 2 other s14 owners that had the same thing happen. I replaced the latch with a NEW one to avoid this issue... but i still dont want to trust it again.
The hood was fully latched, and i guess with the wind of (ahem, cough cough 120mph)... it came up. At that speed, it came up so quickly, that the safety latch (the spring actuated one) was just not quick enough to grab the hood. The hood catch was still intact on the hood- it was definitely the latch that let go. It didnt shake or wobble prior to coming up, and I had been driving the car for about 3 days since the last time I had popped the hood. It just came up out of nowhere. Got a nice shower of glass, and definitely needed a new pair of underpants.
10-08-2012, 08:34 PM
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