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Apr 1, 2008 | 11:11 AM

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redlude97

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Originally Posted by Jim@Showstoppers

^ seen that happen before.

This hood, a VIS hood, authentic Top Secret hood...ALL aftermarket hoods need hood pins...it's that simple.

agreed, but look at the small percentage of people here who actually run them, when EVERY hood manufacture recommends them

Apr 1, 2008 | 12:20 PM

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ouch

Apr 1, 2008 | 12:27 PM

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From: Pothole Central and still ridin slammed...Boston

Yeah from the looks of it it looks like the clear is what cracked and not the actual hood.

Apr 1, 2008 | 12:40 PM

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Hood pins FTMW. I saw this RSX's CF hood fly open on the highway (he had to be doing 80mph easy) hood tore from the hinges and scissor kicked some trucks windshield

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim@Showstoppers

^ seen that happen before.

This hood, a VIS hood, authentic Top Secret hood...ALL aftermarket hoods need hood pins...it's that simple.

May 4, 2008 | 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by HomieG35

Just installed mine... fit like crap. It's still pretty tight to close - I even had to grind off some of the latch part get more movement upwards of the locking mechanism... I'll try to get some hood pins soon... but don't wanna go through the hassle of drilling holes... not really what I wanted.

Did you buy a TS style hood?

May 4, 2008 | 09:05 PM

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ive never had a problem with my ts hood.. its all about TAKING YOUR TIME on the install and getting it to fit/latch correctly.. if you do both then your fine. gone 130+ w/no hood pins and hood was stable, not even shaking

May 5, 2008 | 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by dijstiiv

Just because it hasn't flown up on you yet doesn't mean it won't.

I would never even think about running a c/f hood without pins. =/

May 5, 2008 | 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by aHero4Eternity

Just because it hasn't flown up on you yet doesn't mean it won't.

I would never even think about running a c/f hood without pins. =/

+1, <100k mi on a single hood is not proof to anyone that it is a safe practice to follow. People can choose to do so if they want, but certainly don't tell others it is safe to do so.

May 21, 2008 | 09:06 AM

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2 months after I bought mine, I got all the exact same cracks, front and around the vents

May 21, 2008 | 01:47 PM

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You'd think a company as big as this would be able to make some quality parts.

May 22, 2008 | 12:31 PM

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^ you are right on the money as to you get what you paid for. but I was eluding to the fact that a company known to make parts less than satisfactory is somehow still so successful.

May 22, 2008 | 09:40 PM

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jim@showstoppers..do you sell seibon cf hoods with hood pins on them already? jw..thanks

May 23, 2008 | 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by pghG35

jim@showstoppers..do you sell seibon cf hoods with hood pins on them already? jw..thanks

No, but we do sell hood and hood pins sereratly.

May 23, 2008 | 06:22 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by redlude97

saw a seibon TS hood this weekend at a car meet that had the hood latch issues, fly up and hit his roof. Jacked up the hood and fenders also. Get hood pins if you are going to run this hood. Only a matter of time before we see more threads like this IMO
Edit: Pics of the carnage

I do feel bad for the guy whos G35 this is but take a look at the pics of the top latch. The latch is still in one piece which means it did not give out causing the hood to flip. He either had his latch on the car give out or he left the hood open while driving. We have had customers run up to 140 mph with these hoods (without hood pins and I dont recommend going that fast ever for survival issues) and never had a problem with them. Agian Im not bashing on this guy but you cant blame the hood that stayed in one piece, it was just not locked in or the latch on the radiator support failed.

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