im in the market for a CF hood and almost all the sites say to use hood pins. is it a MUST to use hood pins b/c im trying to keep the stock look and lines. im just not a fan of the hood pins. did anyone ever had something bad happen without the pins? thanks for your feedback on this.

 

it's not completely necessary. it's just a little extra safety feature, but the latch should be good enough.

 

you don't need it, i've gone pretty quick with mine in heavy wind and the hood is still there

 

x2. i wasted $40 on hoodpins.

 

theres a few people on here that have had their cf hoods fly up and break from not using hood pins. i personally dont like hood pins though.

 

well i think some hoods do fly up by the material they use for the latch and others don't like kaminari, seibon, VIS. i've seen 2 people use the pins, 1 was just for looks, 2nd was because he was afraid of it popping up.

 

does anyone know the weight difference between the OEM hood and the CF hoods?

 

The stock hood is about 25lbs .. Our carbon fiber hood weighed in at about 12.5lbs ..

I've had our CF Hood on my tC for 3 years without hood pins .. Never once had a problem. We have hoods in stock and can ship them out in a day

http://www.racingsolution.com/produc...arbonFiberHood

 

^^^do you guys have ones with drilled washer nozzles?

 

No ours don't come pre-drilled

 

Why not?

 

pm ^^

 

most don't. they just come with the notches kinda indented so u can tell where to drill. u don't need the nozzles anyways unless u live in bug city and do night driving down back roads.

I just installed my hood and ripped the washer fluid reserve right out and put an oogha horn there. ha ha