Hood pins or no hood pins......?
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Hood pins or no hood pins......?
So I am thinking of getting the Seibon cf hood.....I have heard in the early day the latches were suspect and needed pins..... but today's have much stronger latches and I won't need them. I always felt they kinda take away from the look of the hood.......
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Cheap CF hood's I would recommend pins, but seibon is pretty good quality so hood pins shouldn't be necessary. I ran CF hood's on my past cars with no pins and no issues.
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i had the Seibon but i bought the aerocatch hood pins for them, never used them.....just started trying to sell them in here if interested
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gen...llips-d2s.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gen...llips-d2s.html
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the problem with CF hoods is the structural design on uplift. most that ive seen have always failed at some point due to weak mount points where it can not take the loads.. I would make sure the mounting points are reinforced and strong enough, plus the web should be good as-well, to reduce flexing. if its a show car no problem but if you like to go fast..i would really look into design.
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I see your in maryland, Freed Engineering is having a dyno day/ grand opening for the new shop location. I believe its on June 1st, come on out and you can check out my hood, fitment, quality, etc, etc......probably see some real cool cars while your at it.....including mine! lol
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I see your in maryland, Freed Engineering is having a dyno day/ grand opening for the new shop location. I believe its on June 1st, come on out and you can check out my hood, fitment, quality, etc, etc......probably see some real cool cars while your at it.....including mine! lol
I actually just sent them an email yesterday about getting a swap.....haven't heard back yet. I wish I could go but that's the day of the brother in laws wedding...smh. I live in Annapolis and would love to catch up at some point....
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